
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.
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.

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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