The Wit and Wisdom of G. K. Chesterton

G. K. Chesterton was a consummately witty man. In this new collection, Bevis Hillier draws on his most humorous epigrams and more serious extracts not only from his most popular works, the Father Brown stories, but also his contributions to the Illustrated London News and GK's Weekly, as well as his numerous novels, poems, essays and tracts on a vast array of subjects. These pieces shine a light into the margins of Chesterton's work and give a sense of the distinctive flavour of his mind. Hillier, the acclaimed biographer of John Betjeman, considers what it was that made Chesterton such a complex and fascinating character. Some of Chesterton's remarkable drawings (he trained as an artist at the Slade) are included, among them a hitherto unpublished caricature of Winston Churchill, c. 1919. This is a book for Chesterton fans everywhere.

BEVIS HILLIER is an author, journalist and critic, a former editor of The Connoisseur magazine and of The Times Saturday Review. His three-volume biography of John Betjeman remains the standard work. His several other books include the first on Art Deco (1968) - the book that effectively gave the inter-war style its name. He regularly reviews for The Spectator.