The Wisdom of Father Brown

Some very enjoyable stories.......more

Somehow it is hard to imagine Arthur Conan Doyle writing a book called The Wisdom of Sherlock Holmes. Admittedly Dr Watson does call Holmes ‘the best and the wisest man whom I have ever known’, but this is on the occasion of Holmes’ apparent death, and some sentimentality can be forgiven. For the ma......more

what an amazingly small-minded, mean-spirited, smug little man G.K. Chesterton is! I'm legitimately shocked by how bad these stories were. I had every anticipation of enjoying them totally and a little guiltily—I was very aware before I began that Chesterton is a dyed-in-the-wool conservative of the......more

Generally I like Chesterton, generally I like Father Brown; but this book seemed to lose steam as it went on. The first half was great, but the stories towards the end got a bit strange (and, in my edition, had a lot of asterisks "bleeping" unacceptable words).......more

A collection of twelve short stories about Father Brown, a priest who solves crimes. While dated, it was an enjoyable read of British detective stories. I read a downloaded ebook version.......more