Charles Elton MR TOPPIT First Edition Signed

First edition first print hardback of MR TOPPIT by Charles Elton and published by Viking in 2009. Signed and dated by Elton on the title page. Numberline is a single digit '1' indicating the book is a first printing.

The book is in near fine condition (glossy pictorial boards with white lettering to spine) with no significant wear. The book is in a near fine unclipped dust jacket which is protected in an archival sleeve and also has no wear to speak of. Internally the pages are clean and tight and there are no tears or other inscriptions.

When Arthur Hayman, an unsuccessful screenwriter turned childrens book author, is accidentally hit by a cement truck in London, his dying moments are spent with a passing American tourist, Laurie Clow, who is fated to bring posthumous fame to his obscure series, The Hayseed Chronicles, and the enigmatic and sinister Mr. Toppit who is at the center of the books. While Arthur doesnt live to reap the benefits of his books success, his legacy falls to his widow, Martha, and their childrenthe fragile Rachel, and Luke, reluctantly immortalized as the fictional Luke Hayseed, hero of his fathers series. But others want their share of the Hayseed phenomenon, particularly Laurie, who has a mysterious agenda of her own that changes all of their lives as Martha, Rachel, and Luke begin to crumble under the heavy burden of their inheritance.

Spanning several decades, from the heyday of the postwar British film industry to todays cutthroat world of show business in Los Angeles, Mr. Toppit is a riveting debut novel that captures a remarkable family and their tragic brush with fame to wonderfully funny and painful effect. 

343 pages

ISBN: 9780670917815

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