The Man who Was Thursday: A Nightmare is a surreal and semi-philosophical ramble by GK Chesterton, he of the Father Brown stories and the hardcore Catholic conversion, which tells of a man named Syme who embarks on a great and wondrous adventure in the name of law and order and poetry.
It's hard to say more without giving too much away, but it really is a splendid read, full of whimsy and excitement, two things that are not often enough mixed.
I'm currently in the middle of reading it to my girlfriend and baby, because I find the dreamlike rhythm of the writing to be rather restful.
It's hard to say more without giving too much away, but it really is a splendid read, full of whimsy and excitement, two things that are not often enough mixed.
I'm currently in the middle of reading it to my girlfriend and baby, because I find the dreamlike rhythm of the writing to be rather restful.
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