Gilbert Keith Chesterton's influentialnovel merges the surreal with detective fiction and dystopia. Sometimes referred to as metaphysicalthriller, “The Man Who Was Thursday” is a grasping work full of deception and secrets. First published in 1908, the story follows Gabriel Syme, a Scotland Yard detective who goes undercover to infiltrate a secret organization called “The Central Anarchist Council”, operated by seven men, who use days of the week as their alias, with the intention to destroy the world.
Gilbert Keith Chesterton's influentialnovel merges the surreal with detective fiction and dystopia. Sometimes referred to as metaphysicalthriller, “The Man Who Was Thursday” is a grasping work full of deception and secrets. First published in 1908, the story follows Gabriel Syme, a Scotland Yard detective who goes undercover to infiltrate a secret organization called “The Central Anarchist Council”, operated by seven men, who use days of the week as their alias, with the intention to destroy the world.