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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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Aims42
Topper | Thorne Smith
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Themes: Witty, Humorous, Odd

My last read of 2025 🥳🙌 This was a fun and odd book lol Definitely P.G. Wodehouse vibes with the writing, the characters and the humor. I‘ll definitely continue onto Book 2 and I have another book from Smith that I ordered and am pumped to read next year 😉

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Aims42
Topper | Thorne Smith
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I can‘t think of anything better than my current situation 😻😍🤩 (I mean, I guess I‘d like Millie to be snoozing on my lap, but this works lol)

Tamra So very cozy. 2w
Ruthiella Perfection! Of course, the cat does what the cat wants. 😹 2w
TheBookHippie Love. 2w
dabbe 🤎🐾🖤 2w
Leftcoastzen 😻👏 2w
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Aims42
Topper | Thorne Smith
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#FridayHappyReadingHour is here & the calm after Christmas that I live for 😍🥰 I‘m enjoying wine, a Christmas Tree cake (IYKYK 😏) and I started the tagged book and I‘m loving it! It‘s perfect for P.G. Wodehouse fans 🤩
Tagging some pals, the hashtag is open to anyone! Share what you‘re reading, eating and/or drinking to welcome the weekend 🥳
@kspenmoll @tamra @mcctrish @thebookhippie @BarbaraBB @CathyThoughts @dabbe @ruthiella @guinsgirlreads

mcctrish Happy calm after the storm and Friday night reading time ❤️❤️❤️ 3w
kspenmoll Yum, Christmas tree cake! 3w
Aims42 @mcctrish Yessssss 🥰🥰🥰🥰 Utter bliss 3w
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Aims42 @kspenmoll They are so good 😄 3w
Ruthiella Yummy! 😋 3w
Aims42 @Ruthiella 💯💯💯💯💯 3w
guinsgirlreads Even with my stomach ache, I could go for a tree right now 😅! Enjoy!! 😊 3w
dabbe L💜VERLY! 💜💙🩷 3w
Aims42 @guinsgirlreads Awww, sorry about your tummy bug! Hopefully you feel better soon. 3w
Aims42 @dabbe And delicious 😄👍 3w
dabbe @Aims42 It looks too pretty to eat! 🤣 3w
BarbaraBB All looks 👌🏽 3w
Aims42 @BarbaraBB it was just what I needed 😌 3w
Cathythoughts Looking gorgeous and cosy ✨ 3w
Aims42 @Cathythoughts Thank you ☺️😍 2w
Bklover My daughter and I ate a whole box of trees the other day. 😊 2w
Aims42 @Bklover No shame in that, my husband and I have to buy 2 boxes so we each have one 🤭😇 2w
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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? 😆).

#Ghost
#ScreamathonPhotoChallenge
#Screamathon

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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Leniverse
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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