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Thorne Smith's pixilated novels go down like a glass of bubbly champagne. Remember those heady 40's films like Bringing Up Baby and The Thin Man, full of snappy dialogue and women in slinky designer gowns? Take that sort of witty, cocktail-fueled repartee, add even more improbable plot elements (usually involving some sort of supernatural happening), and you have a Thorne Smith book.
In this case a car is haunted two irrepressible, high-living (er, dying?) ghosts who met their untimely end by dr ...more
In this case a car is haunted two irrepressible, high-living (er, dying?) ghosts who met their untimely end by dr ...more
This book is a gem. Witty, racy, frequently laugh out loud funny, it also has a some pertinent comments on the human condition. Fresh as paint.
Sep 27, 2012
Deedee
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1920-1929,
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series-1st,
ghosts,
title-has-1-word,
0t-humor,
t2,
t3,
t2-no-articles
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