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The Complete Father Brown

Name: The Complete Father Brown
Rating: 4.03 (10699 reviews)
Author: G.K. Chesterton

G.K. Chesterton January 1, 1935

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Forty-nine quietly sensational cases investigated by the high-priest of detective fiction FATHER BROWN Immortalized in these famous stories, G.K. Chesterton’s endearing amateur sleuth has entertained countless generations of readers. For, as his admirers know, Father Brown’s cherubic face and unworldly simplicity, his glasses and his huge umbrella, disguise a quite uncanny understanding of the criminal mind at work. This Penguin omnibus edition contains * The Innocence of Father Brown * The Wisdom of Father Brown * The Incredulity of Father Brown * The Secret of Father Brown * The Scandal of Father Brown

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