false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175643833m/541803.jpg 541803 13 From London to Cornwall, then to Italy and France, a short, shabby priest runs to earth bandits, traitors, killers. Why is he so successful? <P>The reason is that after years spent in the priesthood, Father Brown knows human nature and is not afraid of its dark side. Thus he understands criminal motivation and how to deal with it. <P>The stories included are "The Paradise of Thieves," "The Duel of Dr. Hirsch," "The Man in the Passage," "The Mistakes of the Machine," "The Head of the Caesar," "The Purple Wig," "The Perishing of the Pendragons," "The God of the Gongs," "The Salad of the Colonel Cray," "The Strange Crime of John Boulnois" and "The Fairy Tale of Father Brown." 3314640 1935 The Complete Father Brown (Father Brown Mystery) total:527|5:214|4:194|3:105|2:13|1:1| 527 2188 780 57 5 3 false false Thu Apr 05 13:26:47 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 16 14:27:40 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 1 false false Wed Nov 26 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Oct 14 08:57:36 -0700 2008 Wed Nov 26 10:27:44 -0800 2008 I'm still a fan of G.K. Chesterton, and I do enjoy his invention of the dumpy little priest (we're never told his first name) who is able to solve crimes because he understands...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Aug 31 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 20 19:14:29 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 31 04:16:27 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun May 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 17:03:57 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 17:16:16 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Jun 05 13:11:57 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 01 16:02:08 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 05 13:11:57 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Tue May 19 20:53:31 -0700 2009 Mon May 04 06:57:41 -0700 2009 Tue May 19 20:53:31 -0700 2009
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