Man Who Was Thursday, A Nightmare

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 30, 2023

In Category - Suspense, Espionage, Political & Thrillers

Authors: G. K. Chesterton In Year : 1907

Book Language: English

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Dedication (poem): To Edmund Clerihew Bentley
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
THE 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

In a surreal turn-of-the-century London, Gabriel Syme, a poet, is recruited to a secret anti-anarchist task force at Scotland Yard. Lucian Gregory, an anarchist poet, is the only poet in Saffron Park, until he loses his temper in an argument over the purpose of poetry with Gabriel Syme, who takes the opposite view. After some time, the frustrated Gregory finds Syme and leads him to a local anarchist meeting-place to prove that he is a true anarchist. Instead of the anarchist Gregory getting elected, the officer Syme uses his wits and is elected as the local representative to the worldwide Central Council of Anarchists. The Council consisting of seven men, each using the name of a day of the week as a code name; Syme is given the name of Thursday... (Summary from Wikipedia)