A detective story like no other—thrilling, surreal, and profoundly moving. First published in 1908, The Man Who Was A Nightmare remains G.K. Chesterton’s most famous novel—a dazzling mix of political thriller, spiritual allegory, and dreamlike adventure. Gabriel Syme, a poet-turned-policeman, infiltrates a secret council of anarchists, only to discover that nothing is what it seems. What begins as a battle against chaos becomes a startling meditation on order, faith, and the mystery of good and evil. Chesterton, best known as the creator of the beloved Father Brown stories, here delivers a work that continues to inspire writers from C.S. Lewis and Jorge Luis Borges to Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett. This StoriesTyped Annotated Edition newly written essay exploring Chesterton’s life, faith, and lasting influence A reader’s guide to his complete works, themes, and recommended reading order Clean, modern formatting for Kindle readers
Author
Gilbert Keith Chesterton was an English writer, philosopher, lay theologian, and literary and art critic. He was educated at St. Paul’s, and went to art school at University College London. In 1900, he was asked to contribute a few magazine articles on art criticism, and went on to become one of the most prolific writers of all time. He wrote a hundred books, contributions to 200 more, hundreds of poems, including the epic Ballad of the White Horse, five plays, five novels, and some two hundred short stories, including a popular series featuring the priest-detective, Father Brown. In spite of his literary accomplishments, he considered himself primarily a journalist. He wrote over 4000 newspaper essays, including 30 years worth of weekly columns for the Illustrated London News, and 13 years of weekly columns for the Daily News. He also edited his own newspaper, G.K.’s Weekly. Chesterton was equally at ease with literary and social criticism, history, politics, economics, philosophy, and theology.
