Beschreibung:
An eccentric poet acts as spiritual detective in these eight stories by theFather Brown author, in which the philosophical policeman solves and prevents crimes perpetrated by madmen.
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.
I. The Fantastic Friends
II. The Yellow Bird
III. The Shadow of the Shark
IV. The Crime of Gabriel Gale
V. The Finger of Stone
VI. The House of the Peacock
VII. The Purple Jewel
VIII. The Asylum of Adventure