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The Man Who Was Thursday
First published 1908 Reading time about 4 hours
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.
- Fantasy fiction
- Detective and mystery stories
- London (England) · Fiction
- Anarchists · Fiction
- Allegories
- Police · Fiction
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