The Man Who Was Thursday

By: G. K. Chesterton

Narrated by: Toby Longworth

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Chesterton's allegorical masterpiece is a surreal, psychologically thrilling audiobook that centres on seven anarchists in turn-of-the-century London, who call themselves by the names of days of the week.

The story begins when poet Gabriel Syme is recruited as a detective to a secret anarchist division of Scotland Yard by a shrouded, nameless person. Syme infiltrates a secret meeting of anarchists who are intent on destroying the world and becomes known as 'Thursday', one of the seven members of the Central Anarchist Council.

Narrator Biography

Formerly half a double-act with Bill Bailey, actor Toby Longworth left in order to join the Royal Shakespeare Company. Now a specialist in voiceover, his prominent work includes roles in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005) and Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace (1999). He has appeared in audiobooks such as The Wolf Trial and The Lubetkin Legacy. He has also narrated documentaries for the BBC Worldwide Doctor Who DVD range; several of Games Workshop's Black Library audiobooks; and voiced the main character in the video game Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs. His television work has included roles in BBC's Extras (2006) and Not Going Out (2013-2014), as well as Channel 4's The IT Crowd (2006).

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Critic reviews

" The Man Who Was Thursday is not quite a political bad dream, nor a metaphysical thriller, nor a cosmic joke in the form of a spy novel, but it has something of all three...it remains the most thrilling book I have ever read." (Kingsley Amis)

Beautifully written surprise thriller

Very fun twists and turns, and it leaves you pondering! Takes unexpected turns but keeps you engaged.

Alice between heaven and hell

Many twists, wildly vivid, deep themes of good and evil. And a fun romp thru old England.

volume fluctuations but good story

The story is one of my favorites.

The volume changes a bit too much.

I think the Audio could be edited easily to fix this!

if I had the source files I could even fix the volume easily enough myself.

Fascinating story!

What a fun novel with so much allegory. The story is a fascinating look on how evil can be used by God to draw together the forces of good, while purifying those forces into effective individual personalities, distinct and unique in their own way

Brilliant

I was caught up in the ridiculous tale… then blessed by the conclusion. Rather dumbfounded honestly busy the beauty, the humor, and the insight of GKChesterton.