The Club of Queer Trades - Couverture souple

Chesterton, G.K.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1434400328 ISBN 13 : 9781434400321

Editeur : Wildside Press, 2021

Synopsis

The Club of Queer Trades The six "Club" tales contained in this volume are an excellect near-parody of detective stories the late 19th and early 20th century (and in particular of the Sherlock Holmes stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle). Together, they form a pleasant introduction to G. K. Chesterton's whimsical, offbeat style of detective fiction. Full description

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

A collection of related short stories by British author G. K. Chesterton. Each story is centered on a person who is making his living by some novel and extraordinary means (a "queer trade"). To gain admittance to the Club, one must have a unique queer trade as principal source of income. "Cherub" Swinburne describes his quest for The Club of Queer Trades with his friend Basil Grant, a retired judge, and Rupert Grant, a private detective who is Basil's younger brother. Each of the stories describes their encounter with one of the trades. In the final story, Rupert Grant rescues a lady from her kidnappers but cannot understand why she refuses to be rescued. The answer leads to the unveiling of the mystery of The Club of Queer Trades. First published by Harper & Brothers, London, 1905.

Biographie de l'auteur :

About the Author British author Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874–1936) was an English writer, lay theologian, poet, philosopher, and biographer. Chesterton is well known for his priest-detective Father Brown. Time magazine had this to say about the British author: "Whenever possible Chesterton made his points with popular sayings, proverbs, allegories—first carefully turning them inside out."

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Wildside Press
• Date d'édition: 2021
• ISBN 10: 1434400328
• ISBN 13: 9781434400321
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 136