Topper Takes a Trip
10 best books like Topper Takes a Trip (Thorne Smith): England, Their England, Wheel of the Infinite, Augustus Carp, Esq. by Himself, Being the Autobiography of a Really Good Man, White Man Falling, Titmuss Regained, Brewster's Millions, Tropic Of Ruislip, The Mighty Walzer, Memoirs of a Gnostic Dwarf, The Captain's Oath
| Author | A.G. Macdonell |
| ISBN | 0330280414 |
Banished from his native Scotland by a curious clause in his father’s will, Donald Cameron moves to London and decides to conduct a study of the English people; a strange race who, he is told, have built an entire national identity around a reverence for team spirit and the memory of Lord Nelson . . .
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| Author | Martha Wells |
| ISBN | 0380788152 |
Every year, the Wheel of the Infinite must be painstakingly remade to ensure peace and harmony. And every hundred years, the Wheel and the world become one. But now a black storm ravages the beautiful mandala, and a woman with a shadowy past -- an exile, murderer, and traitor -- has been summoned back to...
| Author | Henry Howarth Bashford |
| ISBN | 1598180355 |
It is customary, I have noticed, in publishing an autobiography to preface it with some sort of apology. But there are times, and surely the present is one of them, when to do so is manifestly unnecessary. In an age when every standard of decent conduct has either been torn down or is threatened with destruction;...
| Author | Mike Stocks |
| ISBN | 1846880246 |
White Man Falling is a tale of domestic catastrophe, deluded match-making and mystical absurdity set in a small town in South India. Police sub-inspector Swami has lost his job after suffering a stroke while beating up a Very Guilty Suspect. He can no longer talk properly, command the respect of his...
Pitting greed against Green a new town is being planned in England's green and pleasant land. Usually the champion of greed, conservative M.P. Leslie Titmuss is thrown off his political course, since the new development threatens his own Rapstone Manor. Bringing us up-to-date on the quirks, quarrels,...
| Author | George Barr McCutcheon |
| ISBN | 1406956155 |
With the passing of his beloved grandfather, Monty Brewster inherits a long-anticipated million dollars. But he suddenly discovers that he can inherit seven times as much from his eccentric uncle if he spends every cent of his grandfather's money within a year. The carefree prospect of running through...
| Author | Leslie Thomas |
| ISBN | 0749325208 |
There is always a danger that when you revisit something from the past that you loved it will disappoint. Films look cheap, games are tacky, food doesn’t taste the same and books can leaving you wondering “what was I thinking..” Nevertheless I have recently bought a couple of books that I felt deserved...
| Author | Howard Jacobson |
| ISBN | 0099274728 |
From the beginning Oliver Walzer is a natural - at ping-pong. Even with his improvised bat (the Collins Classic edition of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde) he can chop, flick, half-volley like a champion. At sex he is not so adept, but with tuition from Sheeny Waxman, fellow member of the Akiva Social Club Table Tennis...
| Author | David Madsen |
| ISBN | 1873982712 |
In the intersection of the 15th and 16th centuries, a Dwarf (Big "D" to show respect) goes from the mean streets of Rome to walk with the giants of that world. Madsen remarkably gives us a tour of Europe, Italy, Rome, the Vatican, the papacy, Gnosticism, side-shows, sex, gore and love - always love. The...
| Author | Christopher L. Bennett |
| ISBN | 1982113294 |
An all-new Star Trek adventure set during The Original Series era and featuring James T. Kirk!
The saga of James T. Kirk’s historic command of the U.S.S. Enterprise is known throughout the galaxy. But one part of the legend has barely been touched upon until now: the story of Kirk’s first...
