| The Poet and the Lunatics: Episodes in the Life of Gabriel Gale Contributor(s): Chesterton, G. K. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0486478432 ISBN-13: 9780486478432 Publisher: Dover Publications OUR PRICE: $8.06 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2010035872 |
| Series: Dover Books on Literature & Drama |
| Physical Information: 0.32" H x 5.5" W x 8.48" (0.38 lbs) 160 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: An eccentric poet acts as spiritual detective in eight thought-provoking tales. Gabriel Gale employs his extraordinary gifts of empathy to solve and prevent crimes perpetrated by madmen. His philosophical police-work forms the basis for captivating explorations of poetry, insanity, and sin -- all expressed in the author's characteristic paradoxes and soaring flights of rhetoric. Best known as the creator of priest-detective Father Brown, G. K. Chesterton (1874-1936) ranks among the twentieth century's most influential writers and thinkers. His prodigious talents embraced a wide range of subjects and genres, from philosophy and religion to history, literary criticism, and fantasy. |