Chesterton’s famous creation, Father Brown, remains forever popular, whilst the his other detectives remain virtually unknown.
This volume includes 44 detective stories by this master story teller, including the following collected short stories: The Club of Queer Trades, The Man Who Knew Too Much, Tales of the Long Bow, The Paradoxes of Mr Pond, The Poet and the Lunatics: Episodes in the Life of Gabriel Gale, The Trees of Pride, The Sword of Wood and The White Pillars Murder.
This volume also includes a series of Chesterton's articles on the purpose, morality and craft of detective fiction.
Gilbert Keith Chesterton was one of the most influential English writers of the 20th century. His prolific and diverse output included journalism, philosophy, poetry, biography, Christian apologetics, fantasy and detective fiction.
Chesterton has been called the "prince of paradox". Time magazine, in a review of a biography of Chesterton, observed of his writing style: "Whenever possible Chesterton made his points with popular sayings, proverbs, allegories—first carefully turning them inside out.
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