The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare

Product Description <br/>Poet Gabriel Syme believes in the beauty of order and, as such, is recruited by Scotland Yard to an anti-anarchist police corp. While undercover, Syme meets fellow poet Lucian Gregory, a verse writer devoted to disorder, who introduces him to London’s anarchist underworld. Just as Gregory is to be elected to the central council, Syme’s cover is revealed and he is forced to make a decision that sends the cabal into chaos. Is anyone in this underground faction who or what they seem? Syme suddenly realizes he doesn’t have all the answers.<br/>G. K. Chesterton’s masterpiece unfolds itself as a marvel of disguises: political parable, detective novel, Edwardian gothic, spy thriller, and metaphysical mystery―a byzantine maze of deception and subterfuge that surprises to this day. <br/>Revised edition: Previously published as The Man Who Was Thursday, a nightmare, this edition of The Man Who Was Thursday, A Nightmare (AmazonClassics Edition) includes editorial revisions.<br/> About the Author <br/>Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936) was an English writer, poet, philosopher, dramatist, journalist, theologian, biographer, art critic, and one of the most prolific literary figures of the twentieth century.<br/>Born in London, Chesterton attended art school and aspired to become an illustrator. Raised as an Anglican, he converted to Catholicism in 1922. Characterized by George Bernard Shaw as “a man of colossal genius,” Chesterton considered himself primarily a journalist. Though he authored thousands of essays, his vast body of work encompassed poetry, philosophy, theology, drama, biography, literary and social criticism, and fiction. He is also the creator of the mystery stories featuring the priest-detective Father Brown. On the topic of Christianity, Chesterton publicly debated his many detractors, while his writing influenced famous converts, including C. S. Lewis. Today, there are dozens of societies and initiatives worldwide honoring Chesterton’s life and work.