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Wednesday, July 2, 2014

The Man Who Was Thursday (G.K. Chesterton)

In The Man Who was Thursday, detective Gabriel Syme is recruited by Scotland Yard to infiltrate the Anarchist's Council- a seven-man group with each member taking the name of a day and led by the larger-than-life Sunday.  Syme succeeds and becomes Thursday- but as he seeks to bring the anarchists to law, he finds himself in a quite unexpected adventure.

G.K. Chesterton is amazing.  His prose is fantastic, eloquent, and insightful.  The story itself is gripping and meaningful.  This is the second time I've read this . . . and knowing the ending didn't diminish my enjoyment this time around.  Highly recommended.

Rating: A

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