Lovecraft Country
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Matt Ruff
Now an HBO® 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 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 weird tales George devours.At the manor, Atticus discovers his father in chains, held prisoner by a secret cabal 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.
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Author
Matt Ruff
Pages
384
Publisher
HarperCollins
Published Date
2016-02-16
ISBN
0062292080 9780062292087
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"<strong>I was hooked from the very beginning!</strong><br/><br/>I started this book because I saw the trailer for the HBO series and was curious about the story line. I was hooked from the first couple of pages. This book made me feel like I was right there with the characters. And even though this book is based in 50s, the racial themes in the book parallels the life and times we live in now.<br/>The science fiction/horror portions of this were very interesting and you had to wonder which was the most difficult part for the characters to cope with. The supernatural or the everyday struggles of being black on America.<br/>I've never read any of H.P. Lovecrafts books, but they have been on my to read list for a while. I may have to move them up."
"The show was better. How often can you say that!"
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