Lovecraft Country: A Novel

Ruff, Matt

ISBN 10: 0062292072 / ISBN 13: 9780062292070

Published by Harper Perennial, 2017

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Lovecraft Country: A Novel
• Publisher: Harper Perennial
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0062292072
• ISBN 13: 9780062292070
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: good

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Synopsis

Now an HBOŽ Series from J.J. Abrams (Executive Producer of Westworld), Misha Green (Creator of Underground) and Jordan Peele (Director of Get Out)

The critically acclaimed cult novelist makes visceral the terrors of life in Jim Crow America and its lingering effects in this brilliant and wondrous work of the imagination that melds 1950s historical fiction, pulp noir, and Lovecraftian horror and fantasy.

Chicago, 1954. When his father Montrose goes missing, 22-year-old Army veteran Atticus Turner embarks on a road trip to New England to find him, accompanied by his Uncle George―publisher of The Safe Negro Travel Guide―and his childhood friend Letitia. On their journey to the manor of Mr. Braithwhite―heir to the estate that owned one of Atticus’s ancestors―they encounter both mundane terrors of white America and malevolent spirits that seem straight out of the cosmic horror tales George devours.

At the manor, Atticus discovers his father in chains, held prisoner by a secret society named the Order of the Ancient Dawn―led by Samuel Braithwhite and his son Caleb―which has gathered to orchestrate a ritual that shockingly centers on Atticus. And his one hope of salvation may be the seed of his―and the whole Turner clan’s―destruction.

A chimerical blend of magic, power, hope, and freedom that stretches across time, touching diverse members of two black families, Lovecraft Country is a devastating kaleidoscopic portrait of racism―the terrifying specter that continues to haunt us today.

About the Author

Matt Ruff is the author of Lovecraft Country and its sequel, The Destroyer of Worlds, as well as 88 Names, Bad Monkeys, The Mirage, Set This House in Order, Fool on the Hill, and Sewer, Gas & Electric: The Public Works Trilogy. He lives in Seattle, Washington.