7.8 /10 1 Votes
Language English Media type Print (Hardback) Originally published 1914 Publisher John Lane | 3.9/5 Goodreads Publication date 1914 Pages 320 pp Country United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genres Speculative fiction, Adventure fiction, Satire Similar G K Chesterton books, Classical Studies books, Speculative fiction books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The flying inn audiobook part 1
The Flying Inn is the final novel by G. K. Chesterton, first published in 1914. It is set in a future England where the Temperance movement has allowed a bizarre form of "Progressive" Islam to dominate the political and social life of the country. Because of this, alcohol sales to the poor are effectively prohibited, while the rich can get alcoholic drinks "under a medical certificate". The plot centres on the adventures of Humphrey Pumph (see also Humphrey Pump) and Captain Patrick Dalroy, who roam the country in their cart with a barrel of rum in an attempt to evade Prohibition, exploiting loopholes in the law to temporarily prevent the police taking action against them. Eventually the heroes and their followers foil an attempted coup by an Islamic military force.
Contents
The novel includes the poem, The Rolling English Road. The poem was first published under the title A Song of Temperance Reform in the New Witness in 1913.