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The Man Who Was Thursday (Penguin English Library)

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ThePenguinEnglishLibraryEditionofTheManWhoWasThursdaybyG.K.Chesterton.'"Aman'sbrainisabomb,"hecriedout,looseningsuddenlyhisstrangepassionandstrikinghisownskullwithviolence."Mybrainfeelslikeabomb,nightandday.Itmustexpand!Itmustexpand!Aman'sbrainmustexpand,ifitbreaksuptheuniverse"'InaparkinLondon,secretpolicemanGabrielSymestrikesupaconversationwithananarchist.Sworntodohisduty,SymeuseshisnewacquaintancetogoundercoverinEurope'sCentralAnarchistCouncilandinfiltratetheirdeadlymission,evenmanagingtohavehimselfvotedtothepositionof'Thursday'.WhenSymediscoversanotherundercoverpolicemanontheCouncil,however,hestartstoquestionhisroleintheiroperations.AndasadesperatechaseacrossEuropebegins,hisconfusiongrows,aswellashisconfidenceinhisabilitytooutwithisenemies.ButhehasstilltofacethegreatestterrorthattheCouncilhas:amannamedSunday,whosetruenatureisworsethanSymecouldeverhaveimagined...ThePenguinEnglishLibrary-100editionsofthebestfictioninEnglish,fromtheeighteenthcenturyandtheveryfirstnovelstothebeginningoftheFirstWorldWar.

作者简介

G.K.Chestertonwasbornin1874andeducatedatStPaul'sSchoolinLondon.Aftertwounfinisheddegreesinbothillustrationandliterature,hebecameanartist,columnist,artscriticandprolificwriter.ThereligiousesotericismofhisyouthincreasinglygavewaytoorthodoxChristianity,andheconvertedtoRomanCatholicismin1922,goingontobecomeKnightCommanderwithStarofthePapalOrderofSt.GregorytheGreat.Averylargemanof6'4"and21stone,Chestertonalsohada'colossalgenius'accordingtohisfriendGeorgeBernardShaw-andhiswork,particularlyTheManWhoWasThursdayandtheFatherBrownstories,hashadanastoundingimpactonEnglishfiction.Chestertondiedofheartfailureinhishomein1936,andwasgivenaRequiemMassinWestminsterCathedral.

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