Lost GK Chesterton essay about detective stories published for first time

Unpublished essay linked to author’s membership of ‘secret society of mystery writers’ to be printed in Strand MagazineAn unpublished essay by the English writer and critic GK Chesterton will be published this week by the Strand Magazine.Under its editor-in-chief, Andrew Gulli, the Strand has recently published unknown stories by Truman Capote, James M Cain and Rod Serling, creator of The Twilight Zone. But the case of the lost Chesterton is different, if appropriately so given its author’s famous wit. It turns out the essay, The Historical Detective Story, wasn’t lost at all. Continue reading...

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/sep/20/gk-chesterton-essay

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