SOLVED. Book from the 70s or 80s about a man who turns into a skeleton [s]

[Kaia]

I started reading this book from our extensive second-hand book collection as a teenager but before I could finish it, it fell apart and I lost the second half. It was about a guy who (for a reason I can't remember) started to turn into a skeleton. Only he knew he was a skeleton, which I guess means he was delusional, and the only real detail I remember is him at a dinner party, drinking and the wine running out of his (bones, I guess).

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

What genre? Horror, comedy, literary fiction, etc. Remember the cover?

[Kaia]

I think dark comedy. The cover had a skeleton drinking a glass of wine - I think. It might even have been 1930s

[[deleted user]]

I have been looking for that book also Kaia, about the only thing I can remember about it, is that it was very funny. Alas, my copy also fell apart, bit by bit.
I would really like to find out the name of it.

[Andy]

Kaia wrote: "I started reading this book from our extensive second-hand book collection as a teenager but before I could finish it, it fell apart and I lost the second half. It was about a guy who (for a reason..."

Skin and Bones by Thorne Smith? Skin and Bones

[[deleted user]]

That's the one, thanks very much Andy.

[Andy]

Great. When Kaia mentioned that it might be from the 1930s I remembered Thorne Smith was from that era, and wrote that kind of thing (he's best known for "Topper") and checked a list of his works, and "Skin and Bones" seemed likely.

[Kaia]

OMG you found it!!! Thank you so much!

[Andy]

Glad you found your book.