J. Thorne Smith (1892-1934) was the author of "Topper / The Jovial Ghosts," "Topper Takes a Trip," "The Night Life of the Gods," "The Stray Lamb," "Turnabout," "The Glorious Pool," etc. "Turnabout" was published 1931. Public Domain in countries where copyright is Life]70. Thorne Smith pits two thoroughly modern married people in a classic battle of the sexes. After listening to the nearly endless bickering and childish jealousy of a young man and wife (Tim and Sally Willows), an ancient Egyptian idol decides to play a trick ...
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J. Thorne Smith (1892-1934) was the author of "Topper / The Jovial Ghosts," "Topper Takes a Trip," "The Night Life of the Gods," "The Stray Lamb," "Turnabout," "The Glorious Pool," etc. "Turnabout" was published 1931. Public Domain in countries where copyright is Life]70. Thorne Smith pits two thoroughly modern married people in a classic battle of the sexes. After listening to the nearly endless bickering and childish jealousy of a young man and wife (Tim and Sally Willows), an ancient Egyptian idol decides to play a trick on the two by causing them to switch bodies. Like Thorne Smith, Tim works in an advertising agency, and several scenes are set there, drawing on the author's experience. After the wife forcefully impregnates her husband, things take a decided turn for the worse as they separately try to deal with the object of the former wife's affections - a deplorably predictable square-jawed philanderer by the name of Carl Bently. The scene in which Tim, trapped in his wife's body, exacts an icy revenge on the unfortunate interloper is one of the unforgettable moments of Thorne Smith's peculiar humor. Both a film (1940) and a short lived 1979 television sitcom starring Sharon Gless and John Schuck (cancelled after six episodes) were based on "Turnabout." So was the last broadcast episode of Star Trek: The Original Series, 'Turnabout Intruder'. This novel is included with "The Stray Lamb" and "Rain in the Doorway" in "The Thorne Smith 3-Decker."
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Add this copy of Turnabout to cart. $13.50, fair condition, Sold by SmarterRat Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Chagrin Falls, OH, UNITED STATES, published 1941 by Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc.
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Fair; No jacket. 1941 Doubleday, Doran & Company. Red cloth-bound hardcover has a few cover stains and worn and bumped corners. Spine ends are bumped and frayed. Top of spine is missing a bit of cloth just above title. Front cover has small impressed design of cherub strewing flowers. Endpapers tanned. Some pages have handling stains and other soil marks on pages, almost all in margins. Simulated deckle fore edge. 312 pages. No dust jacket.
Add this copy of Turnabout to cart. $14.00, very good condition, Sold by Fabulous Fiction Book Store rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Oxford, MA, UNITED STATES, published 1947 by Pocket Books.
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Very good. (P2) Mass Market paperback is in VG+ condition with wear/small tears art spine corners, light creases upper frocov edge, light overall wear. 192p., 17 cm. Originally published, Barker, 1933. Pocket Books #337
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Add this copy of Turnabout to cart. $15.00, fair condition, Sold by Eat My Words rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Minneapolis, MN, UNITED STATES, published 1931 by Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc..
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Fair. Binding is okay, but first few pages (especially half-title page) feel a little loose. Pages are tanned but unmarked (except for juicy quotation on first section title page. Ex-owner initials. Black cloth cover is soiled and worn, mainly to bottom edge, where boards are showing a bit. No dustjacket.
Add this copy of Turnabout to cart. $15.00, very good condition, Sold by John Thompson rated 2.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Winnipeg, MB, CANADA, published 1948 by Pocket 447.
