The Flying Inn : A Novel (Paperback)

from dmzach

Curious book about a British PM who becomes enamored (oops, enamoured) with a Muslim mystic and proceeds to attempt to turn the society to fit with the mystic's notion of the good society. He's thwarted by a lusty soul who believes in a good strong drink, if only he could find (or establish) an i...

from baswood

"The speech was made by an eccentric of course. Most of those who attended, and nearly all those that talked were eccentric in one way or another." The above quote is Chesterton's description of the people that attended a soiree at the home of Lord Ivywood, but it could also refer to all the char...

from agricolaoval

One of the more enjoyable books by Chesterton. His language is simply breathtaking, and the plot is humorous and quite exiting. Chesterton is nostalgic for an England that may or may not have existed. Probably not, to me at least that sounds rather unlikely. But he certainly makes us believe that...