The Man Who Was Thursday: a nightmare - Brossura

Penguin Classics

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ISBN 10: 0141199776 ISBN 13: 9780141199771

Casa editrice: Penguin Classics, 2025

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Edizione Penguin English Library di The Man Who Was Thursday di GK Chesterton ""Il cervello di un uomo è una bomba", gridò, liberando all'improvviso la sua strana passione e colpendosi violentemente il cranio. "Il mio cervello è come una bomba, giorno e notte. Deve espandersi! Deve espandersi! Il cervello di un uomo deve espandersi, se deve distruggere l'universo"' In un parco di Londra, il poliziotto segreto Gabriel Syme attacca bottone con un anarchico. Giurato di fare il suo dovere, Syme usa la sua nuova conoscenza per andare sotto copertura nel Consiglio Anarchico Centrale d'Europa e infiltrarsi nella loro missione mortale, riuscendo persino a farsi votare per la posizione di "Giovedì". Quando Syme scopre un altro poliziotto sotto copertura nel Consiglio, tuttavia, inizia a mettere in discussione il suo ruolo nelle loro operazioni. E mentre inizia un inseguimento disperato in tutta Europa, la sua confusione aumenta, così come la sua fiducia nella sua capacità di superare in astuzia i suoi nemici. Ma deve ancora affrontare il terrore più grande che il Consiglio ha: un uomo di nome Sunday, la cui vera natura è peggiore di quanto Syme avrebbe mai potuto immaginare... The Penguin English Library - 100 edizioni della migliore narrativa in inglese, dal XVIII secolo e dai primi romanzi fino all'inizio della prima guerra mondiale.

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Informazioni sull?autore

G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936) was an artist, philosopher, columnist, arts critic and prolific writer. A very large man of 6'4" and 21 stone, Chesterton also had a 'colossal genius' according to his friend George Bernard Shaw - and his work, particularly The Man Who Was Thursday and the Father Brown stories, has had an astounding impact on English fiction. Chesterton died of heart failure in his home in 1936, and was given a Requiem Mass in Westminster Cathedral.

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The Penguin English Library Edition of The Man Who Was Thursday by G. K. Chesterton

'"A man's brain is a bomb," he cried out, loosening suddenly his strange passion and striking his own skull with violence. "My brain feels like a bomb, night and day. It must expand! It must expand! A man's brain must expand, if it breaks up the universe"'

In a park in London, secret policeman Gabriel Syme strikes up a conversation with an anarchist. Sworn to do his duty, 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'. 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: a man named Sunday, whose true nature is worse than Syme could ever have imagined ...

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'"A man's brain is a bomb," he cried out, loosening suddenly his strange passion and striking his own skull with violence. "My brain feels like a bomb, night and day. It must expand! It must expand! A man's brain must expand, if it breaks up the universe"'

In a park in London, secret policeman Gabriel Syme strikes up a conversation with an anarchist. Sworn to do his duty, 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'. 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: a man named Sunday, whose true nature is worse than Syme could ever have imagined .

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Penguin Classics
• Data di pubblicazione: 2025
• ISBN 10: 0141199776
• ISBN 13: 9780141199771
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero edizione: 1
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile