Thursday, May 10, 2007

160. The Man Who Was Thursday (G. K. Chesterton)

Synopsis from Amazon:
Our hero is Gabriel Syme, a policeman who cannot reveal that his fellow poet Lucian Gregory is an anarchist. Elected undercover into the Central European Council of anarchists, Syme must avoid discovery and save the world from any bombings in the offing. As Thursday (each anarchist takes the name of a weekday -- the only quotidian thing about this fantasia) does his best to undo his new colleagues, the masks multiply. The question then becomes: Do they reveal or conceal? And who, not to mention what, can be believed?

My rating: 5 stars

Publication information:
  • Published in 1908 by Arrowsmith, UK

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