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

by G. K. Chesterton (Author), Kingsley Amis (Introduction)
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  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin Classics; New Ed edition (7 Jun 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0141031255
  • ISBN-13: 978-0141031255
  • Product Dimensions: 17.5 x 10.9 x 1.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 11,217 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Can you trust yourself when you don’t know who you are? Syme uses his new acquaintance to go undercover in Europe’s Central Anarchist Council and infiltrate their deadly mission, even managing to have himself voted to the position of ‘Thursday’. In a park in London, secret policeman Gabriel Syme strikes up a conversation with an anarchist. Sworn to do his duty, When Syme discovers another undercover policeman on the Council, however, he starts to question his role in their operations. And as a desperate chase across Europe begins, his confusion grows, as well as his confidence in his ability to outwit his enemies. But he has still to face the greatest terror that the Council has - its leader: a man named Sunday, whose true nature is worse than Syme could ever have imagined …

About the Author
G.K. Chesteron was born in 1874. Probably his most famous stories are those of ‘Father Brown’, but he wrote much about every conceivable subject under or beyond the sun. The best accounts of his life are to be found in his own Autobiography, published soon after his death in 1936, and in Miss Maisie Ward’s Life of him.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Hit and miss, 28 Feb 2009
The quote by Kingsley Amis on the front of this Penguin Red Fiction book states that The Man Who Was Thursday was "The most thrilling book I have ever read". Poor Kingsley, he clearly didn't read many books! It's not that this book on bluff and double-bluff is not highly original; it is. It's just that the story all seems a bit tongue in cheek to me - a light and clever comedy exercise rather than a gripping and heartstopping adventure read.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable, 21 Nov 2007
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I read this slim book across two European flights. It's entertaining and there were at least three twists that were enjoyable.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Wonderfully, readable, satirical spy story - best edition available, 9 Jul 2007
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This new edition from Penguin - part of a series of six 'Books for Boys' - is beautifully designed and produced, with a re-set text and lovely paper. And the book remains as funny and surprising as when it was written 100 years ago. Difficult not to enjoy if you like spy stories - and satires of them.
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