Mr Toppit
By: Charles Elton
Publisher: Windsor
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Bath
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781408431115; 9781408431122
Subjects: Authors; Fiction; Death; Children of authors; Fictitious characters; Motion picture industry; Family secrets
Description: "When Arthur Hayman, an unsuccessful screenwriter turned children's 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 doesn't live to reap the benefits of his books' success, his legacy falls to his widow, Martha, and their children--the fragile Rachel, and Luke, reluctantly immortalized as the fictional Luke Hayseed, hero of his father's books. 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."--Jacket.
Notes: Originally published: London: Viking.