The spirit of Toffee

audiobook

The spirit of Toffee

by Henry Farrell

EN·~2 hours

Chapters

Description

Marc Pillsworth, a harried copy chief at a bustling advertising agency, finds his orderly world turned upside‑down when a mischievous spirit begins to materialize in his office. The ghost—an exact double of Marc himself—appears in fragments, from a floating shoe to a disembodied voice, each sighting driving him toward a nervous breakdown. As deadlines loom and personal pressures mount, Marc is forced to confront a phantom that seems intent on making his life a comedy of errors.

The spectral double, who calls himself George, is everything Marc is not—reckless, boastful, and delightfully irresponsible with his ectoplasmic tricks. Their uneasy partnership spirals into a series of slap‑slap‑stick confrontations that threaten both Marc’s sanity and his professional reputation. Listeners are drawn into this witty, supernatural tug‑of‑war as Marc searches for a way to banish the impish haunt before it wrecks his career.

Details

Language

en

Duration

~2 hours (117K characters)

Series

Toffee

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Original publisher

Chicago, IL: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 1948.

Credits

Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net

Release date

2023-12-14

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Henry Farrell

Henry Farrell

1920–2006

Best known for the dark, unforgettable novel behind What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, this American writer built a career on suspense, horror, and sharp psychological drama. He also wrote for film and television, helping bring several of his stories to the screen.

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