"The Hammer of God" is a short story by G. K. Chesterton. It features his detective, Father Brown, and was published in the short story collection The Innocence of Father Brown (1911).
Plot
It is a story about two brothers: "Colonel Bohun, a drunkard and playboy, and Reverend Bohun, curate of an Anglican church." Jennifer Halloran notes that it echoes the story of Cain and Abel.
Adaptations
The story was adapted into the opening episodes for the 1974 and 2013 series.
References
- ^ Halloran, Jennifer A. (2007). "Hammer of God, The". The Facts on File Companion to the British Short Story. Infobase Publishing. p. 177. ISBN 9780816074969. Retrieved 14 February 2015.
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