The Napoleon of Notting Hill
Publisher: Standard Ebooks
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Subjects: Fantasy fiction; Political fiction; Notting Hill (London, England) -- Fiction
Description: <p><i>The Napoleon of Notting Hill</i>, like so many <a href="https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/g-k-chesterton">Chesterton</a> novels, deftly straddles the fence between humor and philosophy. The place is London, in the far-future year of 1984. Inexplicably, not too much has changed since the turn of the century—except that the king is chosen at random. Things quickly take a turn for the worse when the people randomly select an imbecile who only cares about a good joke.</p>
			<p>With the new prankster king in place, the novel continues on with surprisingly action-packed breeziness, exploring themes of identity, patriotism, politics, and government.</p>