Jump Cut by Helen Grant
The Simulacrum is the most famous lost movie in film history - would you tell someone your darkest secrets, just to lay hands on a copy? 104-year-old Mary Arden is the last surviving cast member of a notorious lost film. Holed up in Garthside, an Art Deco mansion reputed to be haunted, she has always refused interviews. Now Mary has agreed to talk to film enthusiast Theda Garrick. In return she demands all the salacious details of Theda's tragic past. Only the hint of a truly stupendous discovery stops Theda walking out. But Mary's prying questions are not the only thing Theda has to fear. The spirit of The Simulacrum walks Garthside by night, and it will turn an old tragedy into a new nightmare...
'Phenomenally creepy' - Jack Jewers, film maker and novelist
Helen Grant has a passion for the Gothic and for ghost stories. Joyce Carol Oates has described her as a brilliant chronicler of the uncanny as only those who dwell in places of dripping, graylit beauty can be. A lifelong fan of the ghost story writer M.R.James, she has spoken at two M.R.James conferences and appeared at the Dublin Ghost Story Festival. She lives in Perthshire with her family, and when not writing, she likes to explore abandoned country houses and swim in freezing lochs.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781912280643 |
| ISBN 10 | 1912280647 |
| Title | Jump Cut |
| Author | Helen Grant |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Fledgling Press |
| Year published | 2023-09-28 |
| Number of pages | 328 |
| Prizes | Winner of The Dracula Society Children of the Night Award 2021 for the most significant contribution to the Gothic genre published in 2021 2022 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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