Four Faultless Felons

by G. K. Chesterton

Other authorsMartin Gardner (Introduction)

Paperback, 1930

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Available

Call number

823.912

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Publication

New York: Dover, 1989

Description

A series of 4 intertwined novellas whose central characters appear to be involved in murder, fraud, theft and treason. "Dazzling reading from cover to cover." -- The New York Times.

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LibraryThing member _eskarina

Collection of four detective/criminal stories.
What is the basic difference here (in comparison with classic rules of named genres), Chesterton con-structs his narration more like allegory - in other words, it is not a detective story the reader could logically solve (like in Sherlock Holmes‘

stories), because some essential details remain hidden untill the very end, when Chesterton uses them to reveal some general moral about society. However, he is still smart and sometimes adorable in this, so: really pleasant reading.

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LibraryThing member palaverofbirds

I don't know. I just wasn't amused. By reputation, I suppose I should try it again some later point in time, maybe I was in a bad mood, but it bored me.

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