The Napoleon of Notting Hill
by G. K. Chesterton
In London, the future gloom of capitalism and bureaucracy carried the human spirit barely bearing. When a small clerk named Oberon Quinn is chosen as president at random, he decides to turn London into a medieval carnival for his own entertainment. One man, Adam Wayne, takes the new order seriously and organizes his Notting Hill army to fight invaders from other neighborhoods. At first, his project confuses everyone, but over time, his commitment turns out to be contagious with excellent results. FNapolyon from Notting Hill was Chesterton's first novel and was named the best first novel by any author in the twentieth century.
