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200. Turnabout is a novel by Margaret Peterson Haddix, set in the future. It was first published in 2000 by the Aladdin division of Simon & Schuster, Inc. The novel switches between 2002 and 2085 by chapter.
The screwball comedy was a distinct cinematic genre of the 1930s, and "Turnabout" might fairly be termed a screwball novel. Unfortunately, the 1940 film, which I once saw at NYC's Film Forum, double billed with another Carole Landis picture, "One Million B.C." (also from 1940), is, if memory serves, nowhere near as funny, and that 1979 TV show ...
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Aug 12, 2014 · Turnabout. Paperback – August 12, 2014. Thorne Smith pits two thoroughly modern married people in a classic battle of the sexes. After listening to the nearly endless bickering and childish jealousy of a young man and wife (Tim and Sally Willows), an ancient Egyptian idol decides to play a trick on the two by causing them to switch bodies ...
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Aug 18, 2022 · The screwball comedy was a distinct cinematic genre of the 1930s, and Turnabout might fairly be termed a screwball novel. Unfortunately, the 1940 film, which I once saw at NYC’s Film Forum, double billed with another Carole Landis picture, One Million B.C. (also from 1940), is, if memory serves, nowhere near as funny, and that 1979 TV show ...
As in many Thorne Smith novels, a courtroom scene involving the protagonists and an exasperated judge provides a climax to the characteristically tipsy action. This novel is included with Turnabout and Rain in the Doorway in The Thorne Smith 3-Decker (Sun Dial Press, 1933). Did She Fall? (1930). A mystery novel admired by Dashiell Hammett.
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- James Thorne Jr, March 27, 1892, Annapolis, Maryland
- 1918–1934, 1941 (posthumously)
- Comic fantasy fiction, mystery, poetry, screenwriting
Literature /. Turnabout. Turnabout is a novel by Thorne Smith written in 1931. It follows the adventures of an advertising executive and his wife who were constantly bickering, often in front of the ancient Egyptian statue on their mantlepiece. One day, they say exactly the wrong thing in front of the magic statue, and they find their bodies ...
Mar 5, 2008 · Steve Perry. 3.85. 149 ratings16 reviews. Rare book. Genres Science Fiction FictionHorrorMedia Tie InAliensNovels. 256 pages, Paperback. First published March 5, 2008. Book details & editions.
