The Club of Queer Trades

By: G. K. Chesterton

Narrated by: Graham Scott

The Club of Queer Trades by G.K.Chesterton

Narrated by Graham Scott

Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936), was an English writer, poet, philosopher, dramatist, journalist, orator, lay theologian, biographer, and literary and art critic. Chesterton is best known for his fictional priest-detective Father Brown. In The Club of Queer Trades, narrator 'Cherub' Swinburne and his friends, the eccentric former judge Basil Grant, and Basil's younger brother, private detective Rupert Grant, encounter six curious mysteries, each involving someone who makes a living in an extraordinary and bizarre - in the language of the time a 'queer' - way. But what is the Club of Queer Trades?

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Entertaining!

Loved it!
First, the narration was spot on: the perfect narrator for this audio book.
Secondly, this is simply a great story. Actually, a collection of stories all culminating in the last chapter. The best description I can give of The Club of Queer Trades is in 1905 G K Chesterton wrote a cleverly humorous and insightful take on human society. It is still relevant today and well worth a listen.

Eccentric

These are eccentric and outlandish stories, some of them rather entertaining! Chesterton evidently let his mind go wild on these, showing him to be a bit mischievous.