Laughing Gas (novel) and darling of all American mothers. Joey is also going to have a tooth out, but Joey is going to be operated on by B.K. Burwash, Zizzbaum's rival—they have a common waiting-room—exactly at the same time as Reggie. Presently reporters storm the dentist's practice to take photos of Joey and interview him. Both Reggie and Joey get laughing gas as anaesthetic. When Reggie regains consciousness he finds himself spoken to by B.K. Burwash, and also in the latter's chair. He concludes that there has been a switch in the fourth dimension: Joey's and his souls have changed bodies. Before he
The Laughing Policeman (novel) The Laughing Policeman (novel) The Laughing Policeman is a mystery novel by Swedish writers Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, originally published in Sweden in 1968 as "Den skrattande polisen". It is the fourth of ten novels featuring Detective Martin Beck. In 1971, "The Laughing Policeman" earned a 'Best Novel' Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America. The American police procedural film, "The Laughing Policeman" (1973), is a loose adaptation of the novel. It was translated into English in 1970. The novel's title, "The Laughing Policeman", derives from a 1922 British song of the same name. Detective Beck, ill for