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Aug 27, 2014
Graeme Shimmin
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In Edwardian London, a poet infiltrates the anarchist underground. Elected to the post of Thursday on the anarchist council, masterminded by the monstrous Sunday, the poet tries to prevent an anarchist assassination in Paris. But when the plot takes a surreal turn, he is left unsure who to trust and even what is real.
A Nightmare?
The Man Who Was Thursday is subtitled “a nightmare”, and as the end approaches, the novel does start to take on the logic of a dream, with impossible scene change ...more
In Edwardian London, a poet infiltrates the anarchist underground. Elected to the post of Thursday on the anarchist council, masterminded by the monstrous Sunday, the poet tries to prevent an anarchist assassination in Paris. But when the plot takes a surreal turn, he is left unsure who to trust and even what is real.
A Nightmare?
The Man Who Was Thursday is subtitled “a nightmare”, and as the end approaches, the novel does start to take on the logic of a dream, with impossible scene change ...more

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