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  • The Thorne Smith Reader

    Nine Novels

    by Thorne Smith ...
    The Thorne Smith Reader: Nine Novels by Thorne SmithThis collection includes some of Thorne Smith's greatest works    Topper: The Jovial Ghosts (1926)    The Stray Lamb (1929)    Turnabout (1931)    The Night Life of the Gods (1931)    Topper Takes a Trip (1932)    The Bishop's Jaegers (1932)    Rain in the Doorway (1933)    Skin and Bones (1933)    The Glorious Pool (1934)Thorne Smith was a ... Read more

    $4.99 CAD

  • Topper

    by Thorne Smith ...
    Cosmo Topper a staid and dull banker with an nagging wife ,who has perpetual indigestion. (She needs Pepto - Bismol)A drastic change happens in his boring life, after buying an old sports car.The auto was previously owned by an irresponsible rich young couple ,who died in it . While driving in the country , he starts seeing things and maybe going a little insane! ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Classic Collection of Thorne Smith. Illustrated

    Topper, Dream’s End, The Stray Lamb, Did She Fall? and Others

    by Thorne Smith ...
    The Classic Collection of Thorne Smith brings together some of the most entertaining and distinctive works of one of America’s great comic fantasists. Lavishly illustrated, this collection includes such beloved novels as Topper, Dream’s End, The Stray Lamb, Did She Fall?, and other signature works that showcase Smith’s irreverent humor and imaginative flair. Thorne Smith is best known for blending ... Read more

    $0.99 CAD

  • The Passionate Witch (Horror and Fantasy Classics)

    by Thorne Smith ...
    This early work by Thorne Smith was originally published in 1942 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'The Passionate Witch' was James Thorne Smith Jr.'s last novel and was left unfinished at the time of his death in 1934, it was finally finished by Norman Matson. Mr. T. Wallace Wooly is a rich, sober, upstanding member of the community who lives a calm, frugal ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Topper

    by Thorne Smith ...
    The Jazz Age comedy of manners about a straitlaced banker and two bon vivant ghosts that inspired the classic film starring Cary Grant.Bank manager Cosmo Topper has settled into a stable, respectable, and thoroughly boring life. In need of a little adventure, he decides to buy a secondhand car—a detail he neglects to tell his staid wife, Mary. But Topper's little secret turns into an unexpectedly ... Read more

    $8.09 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Night Life of the Gods

    by Thorne Smith ...
    One of Thorne Smith's better outings. When a scientist pairs up with a witch with the ability to bring statues to life, chaos ensues. The two decide it would be a good idea to bring the statues of the gods at the Metropolitan Museum to life. But the gods, it turns out, are too human by half -- they immediately start to cavort, bicker, drink, and carry on in a spree of epic proportions. ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Night Life of the Gods

    Enriched edition. Mischievous Olympians Cut Loose in 1920s New York—A Witty Mythology-Meets-Modernity Satire

    by Thorne Smith ...
    In 'The Night Life of the Gods,' Thorne Smith weaves a fantastical narrative infused with humor and clever social satire. The novel chronicles the escapades of a group of mischievous deities who descend from Mount Olympus to experience the pleasures and vices of 1920s New York City. Smith's literary style is marked by a playful use of language, whimsical dialogue, and a structure that lends itself ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Night Life of the Gods

    by Thorne Smith ...
    The Night Life of the Gods is another great fantasy adventure from Thorne Smith. Hunter Hawk is an inventor of a device that turns people into to stone and vice versa. He meets 900-year-old Megaera and the two head for the Metropolitan Museum of Art to bring the Greek gods to life.Thorne Smith was a fantastic fantasy fiction writer who sold millions of paperbacks in the early twentieth century. He ... Read more

    $0.99 CAD

  • Rain in the Doorway

    by Thorne Smith ...
    Rain in the Doorway, published in 1933, is full of sexual innuendo. Hector Owen is a partner in a department store and we follow his adventures with a salesgirl from the pornographic books department. Ending up in a courtroom, the novel has a surprise ending that will keep you turning pages.Thorne Smith was a fantastic fantasy fiction writer who sold millions of paperbacks in the early twentieth ... Read more

    $0.99 CAD

  • Biltmore Oswald: The Diary of a Hapless Recruit

    by Thorne Smith ...
    Biltmore Oswald: The Diary of a Hapless Recruit (1918). A series of comic stories written for the Naval Reserve journal The Broadside while Smith was in the Navy. ... Read more

    $5.48 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Topper Takes a Trip

    by Thorne Smith ...
    Topper Takes a Trip is the 1932 follow up to Topper: The Jovial Ghosts. It follows Cosmo Topper and his (mis)adventures with two ghosts. Made into a film and a sitcom, the Topper series is Smith's most famous work.Thorne Smith was a fantastic fantasy fiction writer who sold millions of paperbacks in the early twentieth century. He was famous for his Topper novels as well as the novel that was ... Read more

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  • Topper

    by Thorne Smith ...
    One of Thorne Smith’s most popular books and made into a film. Topper is about a respectable banker called Cosmo Topper, married to a depressingly staid wife Mary, and his misadventures with a couple of ghosts, Marion and George Kerby, who introduce him to other ghosts. He is romantically attracted to Marion, who at one point tries to kill him so that they can always be together. Unusually, Mary ... Read more

    $1.55 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook