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"And from the Darkwood Mr. Toppit comes, and he comes not for you, or for me personally, but for all of us." When the Hayseed Chronicles, an obscure group of children's literature, becomes world famous, millions of readers debate the importance of this enigmatic last collection and of the shadowy body, Mr. Toppit, who dominates the literature. The author, Arthur Hayman, an unsuccessful screenwriter mown down by way of a concrete pickup truck in Soho, never reaps the advantages of the literature' success. The legacy goes by to his widow, Martha, and her children - the fragile Rachel, and Luke, reluctantly immortalized as Luke Hayseed, the central identity of his father's literature. But others want their share, especially Laurie, the fat stranger from California who comforted Arthur as he lay down dying and has a inexplicable plan of her own that will change almost all their lives, for buried profound in the literature lay secrets which threaten to be unveiled as the family commences to crumble under the heavy burden of their inheritance. Spanning several generations, from the heyday of the United kingdom film industry after the warfare to the cut-throat world of show business in Los Angeles, Mr. Toppit is a riveting tale of the sudden effects of sudden fame and lot of money. Not since Jonathan Coe's Just what a Carve Up! has a novel managed to catch a family group and a contemporary society to such wonderfully funny and agonizing effect.Charles Elton worked well as a artist and editor in posting before learning to be a director of the literary agency Curtis Dark brown. Since 1991 he has worked in television set and has been executive producer in episode at ITV since 2000. Among his productions are The Railway Children, the Oscar-nominated brief Syrup, Andrew Davies' version of Northanger Abbey, and the recent series Time you will ever have.
