The Wisdom Of Father Brown Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton This is the second of five books of short stories about G. K. Chesterton?s fictional detective, first published in 1914. Father Brown is a short, nondescript Catholic Priest with shapeless clothes and a large umbrella who has an uncanny insight into human evil. His methods, unlike those of his near contemporary Sherlock Holmes, although based on... more » observation of details often unnoticed by others, tended to be intuitive rather than deductive. Although clearly devout, he always emphasizes rationality: despite his religiousness and his belief in God and miracles, he manages to see the perfectly ordinary, natural explanation of the problem. He is a devout, educated and ?civilized? clergyman, who is totally familiar with contemporary and secular thought and behavior.« less