Topper

Description of the book

The supernatural themed novel "Topper" is undoubtedly Thorne Smith's most famous work. The novel is about a respectable banker called Cosmo Topper, married to his 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. But his wife Mary, doesn't like what is happening to her husband. She sets in motion a plan to rid herself of the unwanted creatures, with near disastrous results…