Will Self
Chooses The Man Who Was Thursday by G.K. Chesterton
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Books include The Book of Dave and Umbrella, which was shortlisted for the 2012 Man Booker Prize.
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The Man Who Was Thursday by G.K. Chesterton
Will Self聽chooses GK Chesterton's聽detective story The Man Who Was Thursday,聽published in 1908. Presented by Mark Lawson.
From the Archive
The Spice of Life
GK Chesterton philosophising on the perils of roast beef and mustard.
First聽broadcast on the 大象传媒 15 March 1936
The Campaign for Canonisation
Ben Geoghegan reports on the attempt in 1995 to have GK Chesterton made a saint.
From the Today Programme 9 May 1995 on 大象传媒 Radio 4
The Man Who Was Thursday
A reading from The Man Who Was Thursday. Plus Private Eye founder聽Richard Ingrams and chair of the Chesterton Society Denis Conlon.
From聽Great Lives 9 May 2003 on 大象传媒 Radio 4
Father Brown
Richard Ingrams and Denis Conlon on the creation of GK Chesterton's most famous character, the crime solving Father Brown.聽
From Great Lives 9 May 2003 on 大象传媒 Radio 4
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Will Self talks to Mariella Frostrup about his Man Booker shortlisted novel Umbrella
