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The Man Who Was Thursday
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Author/Editor: G. K. Chesterton
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Delicious, witty, fast-paced novel about a club of anarchists in turn-of-the-century London and a poet/sleuth who infiltrates their ranks. Inventive and ingenious story becomes a vehicle for Chesterton's brilliant social, religious, and philosophical speculations.
 


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Delicious, witty, fast-paced novel about a club of anarchists in turn-of-the-century London and a poet/sleuth who infiltrates their ranks. Inventive and ingenious story becomes a vehicle for Chesterton's brilliant social, religious, and philosophical speculations.

Product Details:

ISBN 10: 0486251217
ISBN 13: 9780486251219
Author/Editor: G. K. Chesterton
Format: Book
Page Count: 128
Dimensions: 5 3/8 x 8 1/2
Publication date: July 1986

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