Thread: MobileRead April 2012 Book Club Nominations
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Old 03-20-2012, 03:10 PM   #13
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Originally Posted by GA Russell View Post
I nominate The Night Life of the Gods by Thorne Smith.

I read it in 1973 and loved it, and I'd enjoy reading it again.

It is available here in the Patricia Clark MobileRead Library.

"Thorne Smith's rapid-fire dialogue, brilliant sense of the absurd, and literary aplomb put him in the same category as the beloved P. G. Wodehouse. The Night Life of the Gods--the madcap story of a scientist who instigates a nocturnal spree with the Greek gods--is arguably his most sparkling comedic achievement."

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...ghlight=Thorne
That is hilarious. I third it. I loved his Topper as well. Amazing how his humor, written in the early 20th century, manages to stay so biting and irreverent.
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