Man Who was Thursday

By: G.K. Chesterton

Narrated by: Simon Vance

All that G. K. Chesterton’s critics and comrades labeled him—devotional, impious, confounding, intelligent, humorous, bombastic—he wove into The Man Who Was Thursday. This thriller sends characters bobbing around a delightfully confusing plot of mythic proportions. There are so many twists and turns that soon you’ll be tangled in a story that you cannot put down...even if you’re not entirely sure why!

The Man Who Was Thursday begins when two poets meet. Gabriel Syme is a poet of law. Lucian Gregory is a poetic anarchist. As the poets protest their respective philosophies, they strike a challenge. In the ruckus that ensues the Central European Council of Anarchists elects Syme to the post of Thursday, one of their seven chief council positions. Undercover. On the run. Syme meets Sunday, the head of the council, a man so outrageously mysterious that his antics confound both the law-abiding and the anarchist. Who is lawful? Who is immoral? Such questions are strangely unanswerable in the presence of Sunday. He is wholly other. He is above the timeless questions of humanity and also somehow behind them.

G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936) was born in London. He matured into one of the great journalists, philosophers, novelists, and personalities of the twentieth century. Chesterton offered inspiration to many others, including his fellow Brit C. S. Lewis. His much-loved works include The Everlasting Man, Saint Francis of Assisi, Orthodoxy, and the Father Brown series of mystery novels.

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Exciting

This story and performance was exciting! From the beginning I was hooked. The language and well put together story was engaging as well as entertaining.

My First Chesterton book...I will be back for more

A wonderful morality play of a thriller of a story. in the traditional tone you would expect of a classical tale much like Indiana Jones, where the telling of the tale is very melodious, almost prose. The story can be quite quick, and quickly twisting as the main plot begins to reach a crecendo. The conclusion also requires the reader to twist their presumptions of the entire story...again very much like an Indiana Jones or Sherlock Holmes type story. My first Chesterton read...and I think well worth it.

Timeless allegory In the caliber of C. S Lewis.

Well written as it draws you deeper into the story. Time we'll spent and worth hearing.

Great classic read!!

I wasn't familiar with GK Chesterton, so I was skeptical whether I would enjoy the novel. How wrong I was - highly recommend!

Chesterton is brilliant as usual!

Engaging and thought provoking, yet still entertaining to stick with till the end. This work can be appreciated by all, but it's communication seems aimed at those with a theological worldview. Brilliant nonetheless.