The Man Who Was Thursday : A Nightmare (Hardcover)

from grahzny

This book (100 years old) has been called a metaphysical thriller, and now I see why. It's got a sort of whimsical grace, goofy bomb-throwing anarchists, fearful hallucinogenic writing, and lots of laugh-out-loud moments. I see the Prisoner in it, maybe some C.S. Lewis. It's told with a straight ...

from Cecrow

A long time ago I read several of the Father Brown mysteries. This is a less-conventional bird, but didn't live up to its billing as an unpredictable ride. This novel's genre is heralded as difficult to pin down, but it's easily categorized as Christian allegory. There's plenty of meant-to-be-fun...

from Meredy

A note in the front of my paperback copy of this 1908 novel says 2/16/1967. That's when I bought it, and soon afterward I enjoyed a first reading. A few years later I reread it with the same pleasure. And then it sat in the hidden second tier of a shelf among hundreds of other books for at least ...

from EricCostello

A strange and startling book. At one level, a spoof of anarchism. At another level, a spoof of police efforts to infiltrate gangs and expose them. At still a deeper level, a metaphysical dream novel. The last point comes to sneak up on you, and hits you hard in the last few chapters of the book. ...

from PastorBob

At first, I was a little unsure of what I was reading. I'd missed the subtitle 'A Nightmare'. But in a short time the tone of the book, and its brilliant humour become, more clear. In the moment comes the delight. The recruitment of those who become what they think they're supposed to oppose, in ...