There is a lot to dislike about G. K. Chesterton, both the man and his work. He was a mama’s boy who moved from being coddled by his mother to being babied by his wife. His wife knotted his ties and told him when to take a bath. Slothful and obese, he would hire a cab to avoid walking half a block. As far as his work goes, he was prolix in the extreme, and there is much madde (...)
November 23, 2012
Books
‘A Colossal Genius’
G. K. ChestertonA BiographyIan KerOxford University Press, $65, 747 pp.
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