![]() ![]() But when he discovers another undercover policeman on the Council, Syme begins to question his role in their operations. Yet one of their number - Thursday - is not the revolutionary he claims to be, but a Scotland Yard detective named Gabriel Syme, sworn to infiltrate the organisation and bring the architects of chaos to justice. ![]() The council is governed by seven men, who hide their identities behind the names of the days of the week. The Central Anarchist Council is a secret society sworn to destroy the world. Chesterton's The Man Who Was Thursday is a thrilling novel of deception, subterfuge, double-crossing and secret identities, and this Penguin Classics edition is edited with an introduction by Matthew Beaumont. ![]()
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