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The Poet and the Lunatics

G. K. Chesterton

Eight episodes in the life of Gabriel Gale, a poet and painter who solves crimes by understanding the criminal's madness from within. The Fantastic Friends, The Yellow Bird, The Shadow of the Shark, The Crime of Gabriel Gale, The Finger of Stone, The House of the Peacock, The Purple Jewel and The Asylum of Adventure.

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