The Flying Inn .NOVEL by: Gilbert Keith Chesterton (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781537075587)

The Flying Inn is a novel first published in 1914 by G. K. Chesterton. It is set in a future England where the Temperance movement has allowed a bizarre form of "Progressive" Islam to dominate the political and social life of the country. Because of this, alcohol sales to the poor are effectively prohibited, while the rich can get alcoholic drinks "under a medical certificate". The plot centres on the adventures of Humphrey Pump and Captain Patrick Dalroy, who roam the country in their cart with a barrel of rum in an attempt to evade Prohibition, exploiting loopholes in the law to temporarily prevent the police taking action against them. Eventually the heroes and their followers foil an attempted coup by an Islamic military force. The novel includes the poem, The Rolling English Road. The poem was first published under the title A Song of Temperance Reform in the New Witness in 1913.

Author: G. K. Chesterton
ISBN-10: 1537075586
ISBN-13: 9781537075587
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 08/14/2016
Pages: 244
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.87lbs
Size: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.51d