Audiobooks by Thorne Smith

Topper: A Ghostly Adventure

"Here is a meeting with George and Marion Kerby, a couple of free-wheeling ghosts, who meet up with respectable banker Cosmo Topper. This was noted by the New York Times, claiming: “Thorne Smith created the modern American ghost story, ghosts with style and wit; ghosts that haunt us still.” Others pointed out, “Smith was a master of urbane wit and sophisticated repartee.” The overall mood has a touch of silliness, but it provides lighthearted reading and listening, a matter of nonsensical escapism. For Topper it meant relief from a nagging wife with ongoing indigestion. Smith himself was a heavy drinker and died of a heart attack at a youthful forty-two. Once, after an unexplained week-long disappearance, he was asked why he hadn’t called in sick. He replied, “The telephone was in the hall and there was a draft.” Shall we listen to the escapades? Well, why not?"

Thorne Smith (Author), John Rayburn (Narrator)

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[German] - Das Nachtleben der Götter

"Ein humorvoll alkoholgetränkt-phantastisches Hörspiel nach dem gleichnamigen Roman von Thorne Smith. Der amerikanische Privatgelehrte und Erfinder Hunter Hawk hat das Geheimnis entdeckt, wie man lebende Wesen in steinerne Statuen und zurück verwandeln kann. Als er seine Erfindung allein mit viel Rotwein feiert, begegnet ihm die 800 Jahre junge Meg Turner, die ihm wiederum zeigt, wie er Steinernes zum Leben erwecken kann. Zusammen brechen sie nach New York auf und beleben antike Götterstatuen im Metropolitan Museum: Diana, Juventas, Bacchus, Merkur und Neptun. Wie vorherzusehen haben die Götter des klassischen Griechenlands einige Schwierigkeiten, sich dem New York City des Jahres 1930 kulturell anzupassen … Spieldauer ca. 112 Minuten Empfohlen ab 12 Jahren"

Balthasar Von Weymarn, Thorne Smith (Author), Anja Jaramillo, Benno Lehmann, Carlo Kitzlinger, Christin Marquitan, Dagmar Bittner, Daniel Claus, Daniel Montoya, Derya Flechtner, Detlef Bierstedt, Dion Jaramillo, Dirc Simpson, Erich Räuker, Fang Yu, Konrad Bösherz, Luisa Wietzorek, Matthias Busch, Melanie Pukaß, Oliver Stritzel, Philipp Engelhardt, Reinhard Scheunemann, Richard Barenberg, Sarah Alles, Tanya Kahana, Tilmar Kuhn, Tobias Kluckert, Ulrike Kapfer, Wolfgang Rositzka (Narrator)

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Topper

"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 capricious ghosts make it their mission to rescue the inhibited banker from the staid “summer of suburban Sundays” that is his life. With their ectoplasmic reappearances and whimsically insane actions, they leave Topper, and anyone else who crosses their path, in a whirlwind of discomfiture and delight. Smith’s hilarious ribald comedy was the basis for a Cary Grant movie and hit television show."

Thorne Smith (Author), Barrett Whitener (Narrator)

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