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1. All Editions: /work/editio...
- The original publication date is incomplete. I can’t find a specific date, but an archived version of the publisher site confirms it was published March 2007:
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2. First UK Edition: The Grin of the Dark (ISBN 9781905834174)
- The page count is incorrect. According to WorldCat, it should be 382:
- Michael Marshall Smith needs to be added with the Introduction role.
- The publication date is incomplete. I can’t find a specific date, but an archived version of the publisher site confirms it was published March 2007:
- The description is incorrect. It should read as follows:
Once upon a time Tubby Thackeray's silent comedies were hailed as the equal of Chaplin's and Keaton's, but now his name has been deleted from the history of the cinema. Some of his music-hall performances before he went to Hollywood were riotously controversial, and his last film was never released � but why have his entire career and all his films vanished from the record?
Simon Lester is a film critic thrown out of a job by a lawsuit against the magazine he helped to found. When he's commissioned to write a book about Thackeray and restore the comedian's reputation, it seems as if his own career is saved. His research takes him from Los Angeles to Amsterdam, from dusty archives to a hardcore movie studio. But his research leads to something far older than the cinema in its latest and most dangerous shape...
Ramsey Campbell has found terror in the lore of cinema before � in The Parasite and Ancient Images � and now he turns to the silent era. Lon Chaney once invited us to contemplate opening our door at midnight to be confronted by a clown. Just hope you never find Tubby Thackeray there or, even worse, on your television or your computer.
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3. UK Limited Edition: The Grin of the Dark (ISBN 9781905834167)
- The page count is incorrect. According to WorldCat, it should be 382:
- The publication date is incorrect. I can’t find a specific date, but an archived version of the publisher site confirms it was published March 2007:
- Michael Marshall Smith needs to be added with the Introduction role.
- The description is incorrect. It should be the same as Entry 2.
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4. US Hardcover: The Grin of the Dark (ISBN 9780765319395)
- This is not the first edition of the book. That should be removed from the Editions field.
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5. US Kindle: The Grin of the Dark (ASIN B004SI9EDE)
- The description is incorrect. It should read as follows:
Tubby Thackeray was once the biggest comedian in the world � people literally laughed themselves to death at some of his performances. But almost nothing of his silent movies has survived, and now Thackeray is little more than a grace note in film history.
Disgraced film critic Simon is determined to restore Tubby's reputation and his own. A commercially successful biography of Tubby will convince Simon's girlfriend � and her parents � that Simon is worthy of her.
Uncovering the truth about Tubby isn't easy. Newspapers of the time contain mysterious, truncated accounts of disturbing events at Tubby's performances and at screenings of his films. The few seconds of film Simon finds of Tubby in action are profoundly disquieting; Tubby seems more demon than comedian. Tubby's leering, laughing clown's face haunts Simon. Everywhere he turns, he sees the clown's sardonic grin; his faintly glowing white costume; or his long, oddly jointed limbs.
Tubby Thackeray is dead. But the evil that was Tubby Thackeray lives, and Simon's investigations have roused its hunger. . . .
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6. UK Paperback: The Grin of the Dark (ISBN 9780753513811)
- “Paperback� is already in the formats field and needs to be removed from the Editions field.
- The description is incorrect. It should read as follows, transcribed from the back cover:
Tubby Thackeray’s stage routines were so deranged that members of his audiences were said to have died or lost their minds. When Simon Lester is commissioned to write a book about this notorious music hall clown and his riotous silent comedies, his research plunges him into a nightmarish realm where genius, buffoonery and madness converge. In a search that leads from a twilight circus in a London park to a hardcore movie studio in Los Angeles, Simon Lester uncovers a terrifying secret about Tubby Thackeray and must finally confront the unspeakable thing he represents.
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7. US Mass Market Paperback: The Grin of the Dark (ISBN 9780765359025)
- The publication date is incorrect. According to an archived version of the Amazon page, it should be March 31, 2009:
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8. UK Ebook Edition: The Grin of the Dark (ISBN 9780753516492)
- The format is incorrect. It should be Ebook.
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9. US Ebook Edition: The Grin of the Dark (ISBN 9781429949927)
- The format is incorrect. It should be Ebook.
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10. Invalid Editions
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