The TLS has a lengthy and rather well-balanced piece reviewing two recent books on G.K. Chesterton, one of them a very large biography by Ian Ker, known for his works on Newman. Don't be distracted by the "hook": whether he should be canonized.

Rev. Joseph A. Komonchak, professor emeritus of the School of Theology and Religious Studies at the Catholic University of America, is a retired priest of the Archdiocese of New York.

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