Simon Vance
1) Mr. Toppit
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“And out of the Darkwood Mr. Toppit comes, and he comes not for you, or for me, but for all of us.” When the Hayseed Chronicles, an obscure series of children's books, becomes world famous, millions of readers debate the significance of that enigmatic last line and of the shadowy figure, Mr. Toppit, who dominates the books. The author, Arthur Hayman, an unsuccessful screenwriter mown down by a concrete truck in Soho, never reaps the benefits of...