The Man Who Was Thursday

<p><span>A poet-turned-detective. A secret council of anarchists. A president who may be more than human.</span></p><p></p><p><span>Gabriel Syme is recruited into a secret anti-anarchist police force and tasked with infiltrating a powerful underground organization. But when he finds himself unexpectedly elected to the council of anarchists as Thursday Syme is thrust into a surreal and dangerous game of disguise deception and pursuit.</span></p><p></p><p><span>What begins as a tale of political intrigue quickly becomes something far stranger - a nightmarish and often comic journey through shifting identities absurd disguises and philosophical riddles. Each of the seven members of the council named for a day of the week harbors a hidden truth. And at the center of it all looms Sunday the enigmatic and terrifying leader whose power and purpose defy logic.</span></p><p></p><p><span>Blending elements of spy fiction metaphysical allegory and satire The Man Who Was Thursday is a singular work of imagination. At once thrilling and thought-provoking it explores the nature of chaos the masks we wear and the unsettling possibility that the universe itself may be far stranger - and more ordered - than we dare to believe.</span></p>