Man Who Was Thursday, The, G. K. Chesteron
Man Who Was Thursday, The, G. K. Chesteron
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Man Who Was Thursday, The

Author: G. K. Chesteron

Narrator: Gildart Jackson

Unabridged: 6 hr 13 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/26/2016


Synopsis

Set in early 1900s London, this metaphysical thriller follows undercover officer Gabriel Syme and his secret involvement with Scotland Yard's task force that attempts to take down underground anarchists. In doing so, Syme encounters Lucian Gregory, a passionate anarchist who eventually takes him to the areas secret meeting place. From there Syme influences his peers and eventually is voted to the central council. While Syme attempts to destroy the council of anarchists from the inside, He only uncovers more secrets, each more mysterious than the last. Using many Christian allegories and themes of suffering, this classic G. K. Chesterton novel leaves listeners on the edge of their seat until the final secrets are uncovered.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Chris

I lost my backpack thanks to this book. It was years and years ago, probably my first winter in Japan, and I'd picked up this book at Maruzen. I had heard about Chesterton, mainly from the dedication page of Pratchett and Gamian's Good Omens ("The authors would like to join the demon Crowley in dedic......more

Goodreads review by Paul

They say that LSD was first synthesisterised in 1938, so it couldn't be that. But opium was imbibed in British society as we know from Thomas de Quincy up to Sherlock Holmes, so I'm going with opium. This strange novel is a phantasmagoria which begins as a surrealistic spoof of Boy's-Own detective ad......more

Goodreads review by Leonard

Possibly the shortest way to describe Chesterton’s famous novel is to say that it is Alice's Adventures in Wonderland for grownups. The story of Gabriel Syme is just as bizarre as that of little Alice. It also echoes in many ways with the oppressing nightmares of Kafka and Dostoyevsky. Still, The Man......more