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The Man Who Was Thursday
The Man Who Was Thursday
Author: G. K. Chesterton
ISBN: 347308
Publication Date: 1960
Pages: 192
Rating:
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
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4 stars, based on 1 rating
Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons
Book Type: Paperback
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reviewed The Man Who Was Thursday on
Helpful Score: 2
A thoroughly good, nonsensical story. You can read it ten times and find something new, or find yourself entirely lost.
gsisk avatar reviewed The Man Who Was Thursday on + 189 more book reviews
Heavy on symbolism. If you like characters that at least behave plausibly, this is not the book. Nice, but rather childish try to personify the 7 days of Genesis. Yes - I know it's all symbolic, satirical, and supposed to be the first "spy" novel, but I found it rather boring. Would be good as a book to be analyzed by high-schoolers.
hardtack avatar reviewed The Man Who Was Thursday on + 2569 more book reviews
If anyone gets past the first forty pages of this book, please tell me what the joke was.