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Topper | Thorne Smith
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Elegant, fun-loving George and Marion Kerby are the toast of the town, until they wreck their flashy car and discover they've become, well, ghosts. Making the best of a bad situation, they decide that being dead is the perfect opportunity to liven up staid, stuffy Cosmo Topper. Naturally, much hilarity ensues. Jason Thorne Smith (March 27, 1892-June 21, 1934), was an American writer of humorous fantasy fiction. Best known today for his creation of Topper, Smith's comic fantasy fiction (most of it involving sex, lots of drinking, and supernatural transformations, and aided by racy illustrations) sold millions of copies in the early 1930s. Smith drank as steadily as his characters; his appearance in James Thurber's The Years With Ross involves an unexplained week-long disappearance. Smith was born in Annapolis, Maryland the son of a Navy commodore, attended Dartmouth College, and after hungry years in Greenwich Village working part-time as an advertising agent, Smith achieved meteoric success with the publication of Topper in 1926. He died of a heart attack while vacationing in Florida.
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LeahBergen
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Topper, a mild-mannered bank manager, finds his world turned upside down when he purchases a secondhand car that is haunted by its former owners (can you see them on the cover? 😆).

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Aimeesue Great cover! 6y
IamIamIam 😍😍😍 6y
erzascarletbookgasm Amusing title 😁 6y
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Cathythoughts That‘s great 😂 6y
mabell Such a cute cover! I‘ve seen one of the Topper movies 😄 6y
LeahBergen @mabell I read that Cary Grant is Topper in the movie? I guess there‘s also a TV series. 😄 6y
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Topper (Revised) | Thorne Smith
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There are few authors who can make my mother laugh like Thorne Smith. Found her one she hasn't read yet. (Not in the Litsy database either.) Obviously not one of his best known ones. I better read it as a quality check before I pass it on. 😂

Crowcrumbs Love the cover too! 8y
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