Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.912
EAN num: 9780140097665
ISBN number: 014009766X
Label: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 720
Printing Date: January 06, 1987
Publishing house: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Sale Popularity Level: 98198
Studio: Penguin (Non-Classics)
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From London to Cornwall, then to Italy and France, a short, shabby priest runs to earth bandits, traitors, killers. Why is he so successful?
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.
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.'
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I love his non-fiction, but Fr. Brown is an intersting character and it's great to have all the stories in a single volume.
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This book is very hard to find in print, at least in a physical bookstore. I have been looking for it for years. I have wanted to read the story "The arrow from heaven" and it was worth it. That story is worth the price alone. A wonderful, thoughtful read. The book is formatted well for the kindle, and the built in dictionary and wiki come in handy for some of the history references. Great collection and even better when read with the advantages of Kindle.
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i am sorry i bought this one. stilted language makes for a slow boring read. it does make you appreciate how far race relations have come because i have never seen the n word so often nor read so many disparaging comments about people of color.
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The stories themselves are excellent, I highly reccomend them. The character of Father Brown indeed ranks right up there with Sherlock Holmes as a sleuth, and is the sort of person you wish you knew. My issue is with the book proper. To squeeze all the stories into one volume the typeface is a teeny bit small. But worse, the quality of the printing is murky. I nearly went nuts thinking it was my new eyeglasses giving me headaches until I showed the book to a professional printer with good eyesight who told me it was the print quality at fault. I don't re-read the stories like I want to because I can't bear more eyestrain and headaches, it's terribly annoying. If I could find a good replacement with crisp print on smooth paper, maybe a two-volume set, I'd buy it in a heartbeat.
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I mean that. I am a person that does not read mystery novels as a rule. Although I am a big fan of classic literature I've never even gotten into Sherlock Holmes. But I love these books. You cannot fail to love Father Brown - that would be a travesty.
Note: The best set is 'Innocence of Father Brown'
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