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The Poet And the Lunatics: Episodes in the Life of Gabriel Gale
The Poet And the Lunatics Episodes in the Life of Gabriel Gale Author:G. K. Chesterton 1929. Each of these mystery stories is written round that pleasant, if unusual, artist Gabriel Gale, who painted inn signs by choice. In each story there is a double problem: who is the lunatic as well as who committed the crime. True, there are eight stories and only five real lunatics, but readers will agree that plenty of the other characters... more » are eccentric enough to do very well until a real madman comes along. Whether the stories are concerned with the mysterious disappearance of a famous scientist's body, or of a live author, murder committed on a lonely seashore, a corpse tidily put away in a dustbin, or the reasons why an innkeeper tried to hang himself, the essential clue is always in full sight. Only the reader always happens to be looking at something else...Contents: The Fantastic Friends; The Yellow Bird; The Shadow of the Shark; The Crime of Gabriel Gale; The Finger of Stone; The House of the Peacock; The Purple Jewel; and The Asylum of Adventure.« less