Download or read book The Man Who Was Thursday written by G. K. Chesterton and published by Ignatius Press. This book was released on 2004-09-21 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a surreal turn-of-the century London, Gabriel Syme is recruited to a secret anti-anarchist task force at Scotland Yard. The central anarchist council consists of seven men, each named for a day of the week. Syme maneuvers to be elected to the council, and becomes Thursday.