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WT Sharpe · 03-19-2010, 09:43 PM

Topper by Thorne Smith! Although written in 1926, I found the irreverent wit and sexy humor holds up incredibly well. This book had me rolling!

And you can download it from MobileRead!

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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 show and movie (starring Cary Grant) were based.

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 tree. The ghosts, George and Marion Kerby, make it their mission to rescue Topper from the drab "summer of suburban Sundays" that is his life—and they commence a series of madcap adventures that leave Topper, and anyone else who crosses their path, in a whirlwind of discomfiture and delight.

As enchanting today as it was when first published in 1926, Topper has set the standard in American pop culture for such mischievous apparitions as those seen in The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, Heaven Can Wait, Beetlejuice, and Bewitched.

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03-19-2010, 09:43 PM	#9
WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,073 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	My Second Nomination *Topper* by Thorne Smith! Although written in 1926, I found the irreverent wit and sexy humor holds up incredibly well. This book had me rolling! And you can download it from MobileRead! Description (From the upload post): 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 show and movie (starring Cary Grant) were based. 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 tree. The ghosts, George and Marion Kerby, make it their mission to rescue Topper from the drab "summer of suburban Sundays" that is his life—and they commence a series of madcap adventures that leave Topper, and anyone else who crosses their path, in a whirlwind of discomfiture and delight. As enchanting today as it was when first published in 1926, Topper has set the standard in American pop culture for such mischievous apparitions as those seen in The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, Heaven Can Wait, Beetlejuice, and Bewitched. MobiPocket Mobi/PRC Books uploaded by BenG https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=18530 Sony BBeB/LRF Books uploaded by BenG https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=18529 eBookwise IMP format uploaded by BenG https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=19962 Last edited by WT Sharpe; 03-19-2010 at 09:47 PM.