Genius and good humor ...

... The Genius of G.K. Chesterton: Understanding the Heart of the Enduring Story. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

As a writer of "shamelessly beautiful prose," Chesterton's novel The Man Who Was Thursday inspired Orson Welles to craft a radio theatre adaptation which aired just two months before his unforgettable broadcast of H.G. Wells' War of the Worlds. Jorge Luis Borges is chief among those who have noted Welles' long-standing admiration for Chesterton. In his review of Citizen Kane, Borges wrote: "In one of Chesterton's stories -- 'The Head of Caesar,' I think -- the hero observes that nothing is so frightening as a labyrinth without a center. This film is precisely that labyrinth."

Chesterton's stock continues to rise.