The Man Who Was Thursday

A Nightmare (Penguin Classics)

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The Man Who Was Thursday

A Nightmare (Penguin Classics)

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

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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Penguin Classics
Language
English
Pages
192

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Cover of: The Man Who Was Thursday
The Man Who Was Thursday
2015, Standard Ebooks
in English
Cover of: The man who was Thursday
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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First Sentence

"THE suburb of Saffron Park lay on the sunset side of London, as red and ragged as a cloud of sunset."

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Number of pages
192
Dimensions
7.6 x 4.8 x 0.6 inches
Weight
5 ounces

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL9304338M
Internet Archive
manwhowasthursda00ches_613
ISBN 10
0140183884
ISBN 13
9780140183887
Library Thing
7210
Goodreads
259053

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July 28, 2014 Edited by ImportBot import new book
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April 24, 2010 Edited by Open Library Bot Fixed duplicate goodreads IDs.
April 30, 2008 Created by an anonymous user Imported from amazon.com record.