A Smokey Lady in Knickers (Fantasy and Horror Classics)

By Thorne Smith

A rare, racy dose of Jazz Age supernatural humor from the master of comic fantasy.

This volume features a popular short story by Thorne Smith, the celebrated early 20th-century American author best known for his novels Topper. Smith's signature style blends the supernatural with a sophisticated, witty, and often risque sense of humor, perfectly capturing the anarchic spirit of the Prohibition era.

A Smokey Lady in Knickers is an exemplar of Smith's comic genius. It is a lighthearted tale of a bizarre supernatural encounter, where the mundane world is invaded by an eccentric, lightly-clad specter--a theme that prefigures the chaotic, booze-fueled antics of the ghostly Kerby couple in his famous Topper series.

The story belongs to the genre of "humorous supernatural fantasy," offering a blend of genuine fantasy elements with a highly subversive, cocktail-party sensibility. This edition preserves one of the best of Smith's short-form works that helped establish him as an iconic voice in American comic literature.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1447403967
• ISBN13: 9781447403968
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Fantasy and Horror Classics
• Length: 28 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 5.5" x 8.5"