The Club of Queer Trades (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781678199647)

The Club of Queer Trades is a collection of stories by G. K. Chesterton. Each story in the collection is centered on a person who is making his living by some novel and extraordinary means (a "queer trade"). To gain admittance one must have invented a unique means of earning a living and the subsequent trade being the main source of income.A collection of related short stories by British author G. K. Chesterton. Each story is centered on a person who is making his living by some novel and extraordinary means (a "queer trade"). To gain admittance to the Club, one must have a unique queer trade as principal source of income. "Cherub" Swinburne describes his quest for The Club of Queer Trades with his friend Basil Grant, a retired judge, and Rupert Grant, a private detective who is Basil's younger brother. Each of the stories describes their encounter with one of the trades. In the final story, Rupert Grant

Author: G. K. Chesterton
ISBN-10: 1678199648
ISBN-13: 9781678199647
Publisher: Lulu Press
Language: English
Published: 03/08/2020
Pages: 124
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.42lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.29d