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The Paradoxes of Mr. Pond

G. K. Chesterton

Eight tales of Mr Pond, a government official whose habit of speaking in paradox conceals his shrewd resolution of crimes: The Three Horsemen of Apocalypse, The Crime of Captain Gahagan, When Doctors Agree, Pond the Pantaloon, The Unmentionable Man, Ring of Lovers, The Terrible Troubadour and A Tall Story. Chesterton's last book, published after his death.

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