The club of queer trades / / Gilbert K. Chesterton

• Autore: Chesterton Gilbert K.
• Pubblicazione: [New York, New York] : , : Sheba Blake, , [2013]; ©2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (373 p.)
• Soggetto topico: Detective and mystery stories, English
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Sommario/riassunto: A collection of related short stories by British author G. K. Chesterton. Each story is centered on a person who is making his living by some novel and extraordinary means (a ""queer trade""). To gain admittance to the Club, one must have a unique queer trade as principal source of income. ""Cherub"" Swinburne describes his quest for The Club of Queer Trades with his friend Basil Grant, a retired judge, and Rupert Grant, a private detective who is Basil's younger brother. Each of the stories describes their encounter with one of the trades. In the final story, Rupert Grant rescues a lady from
• Titolo autorizzato: The club of queer trades
• ISBN: 1-304-69927-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910155518503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II