A review by wwatts1734
The Club of Queer Trades by G.K. Chesterton

4.0

This book is one of GK Chesterton's lesser known works, a collection of short stories centered around an interesting organization, the "Club of Queer Trades", which is a club made up of people who make a living out of doing things that nobody would expect can earn someone a living. This book is part mystery book, part short story collection and part social commentary. Chesterton comments as much on the queer people of turn-of-the-century London as he is commenting on the queer trades that they practice. And his detective/hero Basil is perhaps the queerest of all the characters, a sort of Sherlock Holmes style recluse and genius. The situations encountered in this work are fascinating but are not exactly relatable to modern readers, in this sense the work is dated. Still, I would recommend it for fans of Chesterton and turn of the century British works of humor.