The Man Who Was Thursday

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  • 3.48 ·
  • 21 Ratings
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September 2, 2022 | History

The Man Who Was Thursday

  • 3.48 ·
  • 21 Ratings
  • 94 Want to read
  • 7 Currently reading
  • 32 Have read

Sometimes described as thrilling, sometimes as comic, and sometimes as metaphysical or spiritual, The Man Who Was Thursday is perhaps a little of each. The tale begins when an undercover policeman infiltrates a mysterious Anarchist group. As the novel progresses, things become more comic and improbable, and eventually evolve in to a sort of abstract, dreamlike state. Filled with Christian allegory, Thursday is a glittering, fascinating exploration of good versus evil and theology through the lens of adventure, wit, and the surreal.

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Cover of: The Man Who Was Thursday
The Man Who Was Thursday
2015, Standard Ebooks
in English
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The man who was Thursday
2007, Penguin Books
in English
Cover of: El Hombre Que Fue Jueves
El Hombre Que Fue Jueves
Apr 29, 2003, El País.
hardcover
Cover of: The man who was Thursday
The man who was Thursday
1996, Oxford University Press
in English
Cover of: The Man Who Was Thursday
The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare (Penguin Classics)
August 7, 1990, Penguin Classics
Paperback in English - New edition
Cover of: The man who was Thursday
The man who was Thursday: a nightmare
1986, Dover
in English - Dover ed.
Cover of: El hombre que fue jueves
El hombre que fue jueves: novela
1979, Planeta
in Spanish - 1. ed. en Narrativa.
Cover of: The man who was Thursday
Cover of: The man who was Thursday
The man who was Thursday: a nightmare
1912, Arrowsmith
in English - 2nd ed.
Cover of: The man who was Thursday; a nightmare.
The man who was Thursday; a nightmare.
1908, Dodd, Mead and company
in English
Cover of: The man who was Thursday
The man who was Thursday: a nightmare.
1908, J. W. Arrowsmith, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & co.
in English

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OL37044730M
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g-k-chesterton/the-man-who-was-thursday

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Can you trust yourself when you don't know who you are? Syme uses his new acquaintance to go undercover in Europe's Central Anarchist Council and infiltrate their deadly mission, even managing to have himself voted to the position of 'Thursday'. In a park in London, secret policeman Gabriel Syme strikes up a conversation with an anarchist. Sworn to do his duty,When Syme discovers another undercover policeman on the Council, however, he starts to question his role in their operations. And as a desperate chase across Europe begins, his confusion grows, as well as his confidence in his ability to outwit his enemies.But he has still to face the greatest terror that the Council has - its leader: a man named Sunday, whose true nature is worse than Syme could ever have imagined ...

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