‘The Man Who Was Thursday: a Nightmare’ is a novel written by G.K. Chesterton in 1908. It is a very complex work, but its characteristic traits are those of the genre thriller , detective , noir.In this work Chesterton talks a lot about the concept of Anarchy, understood in a rather intimate and non-political sense.His relationship with life and God is narrated through a raw conflict. The British writer engages in a real inner battle with God.The novel is set in London at the beginning of the 1900s and Gabriel Syme is an agent of Scotland Yard, recruited in an anti-anarchist task force. Lucian Gregory, on the other hand, is a declaredly anarchist poet who lives in the suburbs of Saffron Park. A casual meeting between Gabriel and Lucian (at an event) upsets the lives of both. Here begins the intricate, intriguing and mysterious adventure full of action, conspiracies and twists.
More ebooks from the same author(s) / Editor
296,134 Ebooks in this category
