The Wisdom of Father Brown - Couverture souple

Chesterton, G. K.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0141393289 ISBN 13 : 9780141393285

Editeur : Penguin Classics, 2014

Synopsis

The second volume of stories featuring the most unlikely detective in literature - now the basis for a major BBC TV adaptation starring Mark Williams.

The ingenious amateur detective Father Brown is put to the test again in this second collection of stories, which sees him solve cases featuring bandits, traitors, voodoo and murder, wrong-footing his opponents at every turn with his characteristic blend of mischievous humour and uncanny understanding of human foibles.

G. K. Chesterton was born in 1874. He attended the Slade School of Art, where he appears to have suffered a nervous breakdown, before turning his hand to journalism. A prolific writer throughout his life, his best- known books include The Napoleon of Notting Hill (1904), The Man Who Knew Too Much (1922), The Man Who Was Thursday (1908) and the Father Brown stories. Chesterton converted to Roman Catholicism in 1922 and died in 1938.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Penguin Classics
• Date d'édition: 2014
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0141393289
• ISBN 13: 9780141393285
• Reliure: Poche
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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