Topper - Couverture rigide

Smith, Thorne

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0891904484 ISBN 13 : 9780891904489

Editeur : Amereon Ltd, 1999

Synopsis

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 ghosts of the previous owners, for George and Marian Kerby are dead, having done "smack into an oak" in that very car. Alive, the Kerbys were a fast-living couple, and as ghosts they are still attached to the material world, possessing the ability to materialize at will. And so they do, propelling Topper into embarrassing situations all over town, compromising his virtue, and making him a happy man.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

"[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 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.

Présentation de l'éditeur

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Amereon Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0891904484
• ISBN 13: 9780891904489
• Reliure: Relié
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible