Skin and Bones

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A standard Thorne Smith plot: a man with more intelligence and a less conventional character than his commuter-belt suburban neighbours is catapulted out of the stultifying situation by a comic supernatural breakdown of normality which hurtles him through a picaresque series of farcical episodes, with much snappy dialogue, sharp satire of suburban 1930s American mores, especially Prohibition, and meditations on the battle of the sexes. This story has the advantage that the hero's wife, though initially estranged, is out of the same basket, and so is an equally interesting and attractive character, with just as good dialogue.

Is Skin and Bones appropriate for my child?

Suitable for most readers 13 and up.

A humorous supernatural fantasy with sharp social satire of 1930s American suburban life and Prohibition. Contains witty dialogue, battle-of-the-sexes banter, and comic situations but no violence or explicit content.

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