The Flying Inn

G. K. Chesterton's 'The Flying Inn' is a whimsical and satirical novel that thrusts the reader into a future England where excessive legislative reforms have made the vending of alcohol illegal, save for premises that carry a standing sign—hence, the creation of the peripatetic 'Flying Inn'. Chesterton employs a rollicking narrative, wrought with poetic and narrative digressions, that encapsulates...