Book Review: The Complete Father Brown Stories

So much for my expectation that I would read some and put the rest on the shelf indefinitely. I completed the 800+ pages in just short of two months. This includes a long but, to me, worthwhile introduction by Michael D. Hurley, who is aptly economical in his endnotes throughout the collection (I didn't even bother with a second bookmark). Most of the stories are 12–21 pages long; "The Donnington Affair," which Max Pemberton began and our main man G.K. Chesterton finished, reaches 30.

( Cut for length )

Following this read, I picked up a birthday present, The Elements of F*cking Style, but I don't need blunt examples to know the rules and that sense of humor really doesn't cut it for me. I'll donate it somewhere. In the meantime, I will surely enjoy Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett.