Father Brown Selected Stories Chesterton Gilbert Keith (2024)

This new selection of much-loved Father Brown stories, presented in the Penguin English Library series, introduces one of literatures most unforgettable characters. Shabby and lumbering, with a face like a Norfolk dumpling, Father Brown seems an improbable super-sleuth. Yet his innocence is the secret of his success. Rejecting scientific detection, he relies on simple sympathy, interpreting each crime as a work of art and each criminal as a man no worse than himself. The collection brings together the very best Father Brown stories for new readers to discover.