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"[Thorne Smith] created the modern American ghost. A ghost with style and wit. A ghost that haunts us still." --The New York Times Thorne Smith is a master of urbane wit and sophisticated repartee. Topper, his best-known work, is the hilarious, ribald comedy on which the hit... Read Full Overview

" Thorne Smith created the modern American ghost. A ghost with style and wit. A ghost that haunts us still." --The New York Times Thorne Smith is a master of urbane wit and sophisticated repartee. Topper, his best-known work, is the hilarious, ribald comedy on which the hit television... Read Full Overview

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James Thorne Smith, Jr. (1892-1934) was an American writer of humorous supernatural fantasy fiction under the byline Thorne Smith. He is best known today for his two Topper novels, comic fantasy fiction involving sex, much drinking, and ghosts, the racily illustrated editions... Read Full Overview

One of Thorne Smith's most popular books and made into a film.

Thorne Smith's hilarious and ribald comedy about boring and staid bank manager Cosmo Topper who decides to buy a flashy car only to discover it is haunted by its previous owners, George and Marion... Read Full Overview

It all begins when Cosmo Topper, a law-abiding, mild-mannered bank manager, decides to buy a secondhand car, only to find it haunted by the ghosts of its previous owners: the reckless, feckless, frivolous couple who met their untimely demise when the car careened into an oak... Read Full Overview

Topper is the hilarious story of Mr. Cosmo Topper, paragon of suburban virtues and stick-in-the-mud. Determined to alter his humdrum life, Topper buys a second-hand car -- a sporty model -- and finds to his dismay that the previous owners are part of the deal. Or rather, the... Read Full Overview

Topper is the hilarious story of Mr. Cosmo Topper, paragon of suburban virtues and stick-in-the-mud. Determined to alter his humdrum life, Topper buys a second-hand car -- a sporty model -- and finds to his dismay that the previous owners are part of the deal. Or rather, the... Read Full Overview