Father Brown Selected Stories

''No man''s really any good till he knows how bad he is, or might be''

Shabby and lumbering, with a face like a Norfolk dumpling, Father Brown makes for an improbable super-sleuth. But his innocence is the secret of his success: refusing the scientific method of detection, he adopts instead an approach of simple sympathy, interpreting each crime as a work of art, and each criminal as a man no worse than himself.

With a beautiful new cover design by award-winning designer Coralie Bickford-Smith and presented in the delightful Penguin English Library series, this new selection brings together the very best of the Father Brown stories, inviting new readers to discover one of the most unforgettable characters in literature.<>

About the author

G.K. Chesterton (1874-1936) was an artist, philosopher, columnist, arts critic and prolific writer. A very large man of 6'4" and 21 stone, Chesterton also had a 'colossal genius' according to his friend George Bernard Shaw - and his work, particularly The Man Who Was Thursday and the Father Brown stories, has had an astounding impact on English fiction. Chesterton died of heart failure in his home in 1936, and was given a Requiem Mass in Westminster Cathedral.

Product details

• Authors: G K Chesterton, G. K. Chesterton
• Assisted by: Michael Hurley (Editor)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 04.04.2024
• EAN: 9780241652671
• ISBN: 978-0-241-65267-1
• Dimensions: 130 mm x 195 mm x 10 mm
• Series: The Penguin English Library
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Main work before 1945; Fiction > Suspense; England, FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Cozy / General, FICTION / Crime, c 1920 to c 1929, Crime and mystery: private investigator / amateur detectives, Crime and mystery: cosy mystery, FICTION / World Literature / England / 20th Century