The Night Life of the Gods

By Thorne Smith

The Night Life of the Gods was written in the year 1931 by Thorne Smith. This book is one of the most popular novels of Thorne Smith, and has been translated into several other languages around the world.

This book is published by Booklassic which brings young readers closer to classic literature globally.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Booklassic
• Release date: Jul 7, 2015
• ISBN: 9789635223787

Thorne Smith

Thorne Smith was an American writer of humorous supernatural fantasy fiction. He is best known for his two Topper novels, which are racy comic fantasies involving much drinking and ghosts. He penned twenty-six literary works in a span of seventeen years, including nine fantasy novels, a volume of poetry, a children’s book, and two screenplays. He was also a talented copywriter and spent time writing for the New Yorker, as well as a short stint writing for MGM in Hollywood.

Reviews for The Night Life of the Gods

[tzudy weir · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

A truly unheralded master of laughter sadly missing from today

[callmecayce · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I found out my grandfather was a huge Thorne Smith fan, so I thought I'd give one of his novels a try (my grandfather died when I was in high school). Night Life of the Gods was one of the funniest books I've ever read. It was also very timeless, so even though I knew it was publish in 1931, it read, for the most part, as though it had been written in 2010. I'm definitely going to have to read some more of Smith's works.

[turtlesleap · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

An all-time favorite of mine, this book by Thorne Smith was written and published in the early 30's. Ballantine re-published it in the 80's and I replaced my crumbling old copy with one which is now almost equally dog-eared. Thorne Smith's character "Topper" was the basis for a popular 50's television show. The humor in this book, while typical of the era, holds up fairly well. Basically, it's a romp involving a very straight-laced gentleman and an assortment of very improbably, and very drunken, mythological gods (and one pretty, if somewhat unusual young lady) If you've a taste fr vintage fiction, this is one to try..