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Author: Ramsey Campbell

📘 The Grin of the Dark by Ramsey Campbell

Tubby Thackeray, once celebrated alongside Chaplin and Keaton, has vanished from film history. His controversial music‑hall acts and unreleased final film have long baffled scholars. Simon Lester, a disgraced film critic, is tasked with writing a biography to restore Thackeray’s reputation. The investigation leads him from Los Angeles to Amsterdam, through dusty archives and a hard‑core studio, uncovering unsettling truths that suggest the disappearance is rooted in a far older, more dangerous secret.

First publish date: February 2007

Genre: Horror/Psychological Horror

Authors: Ramsey Campbell

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