The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare (Penguin Classics)

Part Surrealistic Comedy, Part Psychological Thriller, G. K. Chesterton's The Man Who Was Thursday Inventively Unravels The Nightmare Of Paradox And Surprise To Probe The Mysteries Of Human Behavior. The Seven Members Of Europe's Central Anarchist Council, Who, For Reasons Of Security, Call Themselves By The Names Of The Days Of The Week, Have Sworn To Destroy The World. But Events Soon Cast Doubt Upon Their Real Identities, For The Man Called Thursday Is Not The Passionate Young Poet He Claims To Be. The Two Poets Of Saffron Park The Secret Of Gabriel Syme The Man Who Was Thursday The Tale Of A Detective The Feast Of Fear Exposure The Unaccountable Conduct Of Professor De Worms The Professor Explains The Man In Spectacles The Duel The Criminals Chase The Police The Earth In Anarchy The Pursuit Of The President The Six Philosophers The Accuser. G.k. Chesterton ; Edited With An Introduction By Matthew Beaumont. Originally Published: 1908. Includes Bibliographical References.