The innocence of Father Brown

The first collection of G.K. Chesterton's Father Brown stories, introducing the mild little priest whose grasp of human nature makes him a peerless detective.

At a glance Witty, paradoxical, and profound, these are foundational classics of the genre. He looks like the most ordinary of country priests, easily overlooked and forever losing… This first collection introduces one of detective fiction's most original and beloved… What it's about These are the earliest stories of G.K.

These are the earliest stories of G.K. Chesterton's Father Brown, a quiet Roman Catholic priest whose detective gift springs not from science or spectacle but from a deep, sympathetic understanding of the human soul…