In "The Incredulity of Father Brown," G.K. Chesterton treats us to another set of bizarre crimes that only his "stumpy" Roman Catholic prelate has the wisdom and mindset to solve. As usual, Chesterton loves playing with early twentieth-century class distinctions, "common-sense" assumptions, and the often anti-Catholic biases of his characters. He loves showing, through his characters, how those who hold themselves superior to the "fantasies" of Brown's Catholic faith themselves devolve into superstitious blithering when faced with the tiniest of mysteries. In this collection, Brown finds himself as the main event at his own funeral (The resurrection of Father Brown), contemplating the possibility of death from the sky (The arrow of heaven), piercing the mystery of a dog's "prophetic" behavior (The oracle of the dog), and facing off against a curse hanging about a medieval burial (The curse of the golden cross). A collection of excellent tales from one of the finest British mystery writers. Newly designed and typeset in a modern 6-by-9-inch format by Waking Lion Press.
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The Wisdom of Father Brown
The Innocence of Father Brown
The Poet and the Lunatics
The Fairy Tale of Father Brown (The Father Brown Classics, Episode 24)
The Strange Crime of John Boulnois (The Father Brown Classics, Episode 23)
The Salad of Colonel Cray (The Father Brown Classics, Episode 22)
The God of the Gongs (The Father Brown Classics, Episode 21)
The Perishing of the Pendragons (The Father Brown Classics, Episode 20)
The Purple Wig (The Father Brown Classics, Episode 19)
The Head of Caesar (The Father Brown Classics, Episode 18)
The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare
The Mistake of the Machine (The Father Brown Classics, Episode 17)
