The Club of Queer Trades (Modern Voices)读书介绍

Published here with his essay "A Defence of Detective Stories," this witty and hugely enjoyable work was Chesterton's first foray into detective fiction. Set in late Victorian London, "The Club of Queer Trades" introduces us to would-be private detective Rupert Grant and his brother, the outlandish and seemingly insane retired judge, Basil, who is in fact by far the more astute of the two. They undertake a series of bizarre and improbable cases that see them dealing with various eccentric characters, including a Major receiving a very odd death threat and a trapped woman who refuses to be rescued. As their cases mount up, it becomes clear that all the investigations are linked to the enigmatic Club of Queer Trades.

吉尔伯特．基思．切斯特顿　　（1897－1957）切斯特顿生于伦敦的中产阶级家庭，是二十世纪初英国的多产作家，集艺术家、诗人、记者、评论家、小说家及短文作家等诸多头衔于一身。在他的创作生涯中，共出版将近一百部著作，其中最脍炙人口的当属从一九一一年至一九三五年陆续推出的“布朗神父”推理系列。　　一九○五年，他发表了第一部作品《奇职怪业俱乐部》，但真正奠立他在推理小说界地位的则是一九一一年的《布朗神父的天真》。“布朗神父”的推理逻辑及破案风格成为日后推理小说的典范，亦象征了短篇侦探故事时代的来临。

对切斯特顿而言，小说中所描述的故事反映了真实世界的情境。更重要的是，在布朗神父小说系列中，他透过小说主角－－布朗神父，向读者灌输他的宗教世界观，因此被视为本世纪最重要的基督神学辩护者之一。

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