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G. K. Chesterton's surreal masterpiece is a psychological thriller that centers on seven anarchists in turn-of-the-century London who call themselves by the names of the days of the week. Chesterton explores the meanings of their disguised identities in what is a fascinating mystery and,... read more

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  • “We deny the snobbish English assumption that the uneducated are the dangerous criminals”
  • “We say that the dangerous criminal is the educated criminal”

First Sentence

The suburb of Saffron Park lay on the sunset side of London, as red and ragged as a cloud of sunset.

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  1. G. K. Chesterton (Author)

Other Contributors:

  1. Jonathan Lethem (Introduction)
 

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