The man who was Thursday, and related pieces (Record no. 2605)
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| fixed length control field | 01166nam a22001217a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780192823595, 0192823590 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | G. K. Chesterton |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The man who was Thursday, and related pieces |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Oxford University Press |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 1996 |
| 520 ## - Summary, etc. | |
| Summary, etc. | Widely considered as Chesterton's masterpiece, The Man Who Was Thursday (1908) defies classification. Subtitled 'A nightmare' by Chesterton, on one level it is a fast-moving and surreal detective story. Drawing on contemporary fears of anarchist conspiracies and bomb outrages, The Man Who Was Thursday is firmly rooted in its time and place - turn-of-the-century London - but it also defies temporal boundaries. Police Detective Syme finds himself drawn into a world that seems to have gone beyond humanity when he is elected 'Thursday', one of the members of the Central European Council of seven monarchs. Dreamlike, prophetic, and frequently funny, the novel attacks contemporary pessimism and, through a bizarre series of pursuits and unmaskings, returns Syme - and us - to earth more aware of its beauty, promise, and creative potential |
| 690 ## - LOCAL SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM (OCLC, RLIN) | |
| Topical term or geographic name entry element (NR) | Detective and mystery fiction |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Suppress in OPAC | No |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| -- | Oxford |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Full call number | Barcode | Price effective from | Koha item type | Public note |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | St. Thomas Becket Library | St. Thomas Becket Library | General | 02/19/2025 | F CHE | 2617 | 10/20/2024 | Books | user |