After having read the reviews on The Man Who Was Thursday on this thread, I feel I have little more I could also possibly add to benefit any future potential reader of the book. However, I will put in my two-penn'orth. Chesterton's writing I find delightful, it provides plentiful wit and well-placed paradox that keeps the story alive and flush with surprises. Although this story in one aspect provides all the merriment of a madcap detective adventure, it also, and in Chesterton's own words, describes how pessimism can be shrouded in so much negativity that it fails to discern the real hope of the matter. I do enjoy Chesterton even though I don't share his religious points of view, I certainly can digest with interest his views from a theological standpoint. The Man Who Was Thursday is deftly played out with humorous pace and the fine touches of observation well served by a writer whose own delicate attention to prose makes for an inviting read.