The Flying Inn

The Flying Inn is a novel first published in 1914 by G. K. Chesterton. 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 are effectively prohibited. The plot centres on the adventures of 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.

References

• Bleiler, Everett (1948). The Checklist of Fantastic Literature (1st ed.). Chicago: Shasta Publishers. p. 76. OCLC 1113926. LCCN 48-006709. 
• Clark, Stephen R. L. (2006). G.K. Chesterton: thinking backward, looking forward. Templeton Foundation Press. p. 65. ISBN 9781599471044. 

External links

• Internet Archive version
• Google Books version (full view)
• Free audio book version from LibriVox
• Iain Benson(ed)"The Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton"