Word: topper
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Although the 20th century has perfected abundant death to match its abundant life, it is deficient in literary spooks-apart from Thome Smith's thanatipsy Topper. In a first novel that is both sepulchral and oddly appealing. Author Beagle sets out to make good the omission. His tale is a muted, wistful love story that takes tone and title from Andrew Mar-veil's wry lines To His Coy Mistress: The grave's a fine and private place, But none, I think, do there embrace...
...good for six weeks. Last week, after more than 19 years of sometimes hectic marriage, and two children (Lucy, 8; Desi IV, 7), Lucy and Desi, co-bosses of Desilu Productions, Inc. (grossing more than $20 million a year) and co-stars of TV's longtime rating-topper I Love Lucy, called quits to the marriage but announced that Desilu Productions would still link them. Both feature players at RKO studios when they first met, Lucy, 48, and Arnaz, 43, seemed to pose a very American example of a romantic partnership that could not stand financial success. Filing...