This book contains James Thorne Smith's comical fantasy novel "The Jovial Ghosts - The Misadventures of Toppe". Full of sex, over-indulgence, drinking, and supernatural transformations, this is a text that will appeal to lovers of the bizarre. It is certainly not to be missed by fans and collectors of Smith's work. James Thorne Smith, Jnr. (1892 - 1934) was an American writer famous for his comical supernatural fantasy fiction novels. Coupled with scandalous illustrations, his novels sold millions of copies in the 1930s and continued to be popular over the next two decades. Many texts such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, high-quality, modern edition. It comes complete with a specially commissioned biography of the author.