The Man Who Was Thursday Author:G. K. Chesterton This 'metaphysical thriller' by G.K. Chesterton combines the surreal with the fantastical in a fast-paced mystery tale. — The Man Who Was Thursday begins in Edwardian London, where a young man named Gabriel Syme finds himself approached by an agent of Scotland Yard. Promptly recruited by the police, who are attempting to infiltrate and subvert an... more »archist groups, the young Syme is pointed in the direction of a suspected anarchist named Gregory. Naturally versed in literature, Syme debates the man and wins access to his shadowy group - a council of European anarchists.
Syme's adventures bring him to France, where unravelling the identity of each man within the council becomes the paramount aim. The thrilling crescendo of tension occurs as each member of the group is dramatically unmasked.
Characterised by his easily digestible style, ready use and exposure of paradox, and his use of wit and humour to advance argument, Chesterton's fiction and non-fiction writings on the topics of human behaviour and wider society remain relevant and poignant to this day.« less