Now a major HBO series from J.J. Abrams,Misha Green and Jordan Peele (Director of Get Out)A chimerical blend of magic,power,hope,and freedom that stretches across time,touching diverse members of two black families,Matt Ruff's Lovecraft Country is a devastating kaleidoscopic portrait of racism - the terrifying specter that continues to haunt us today.Chicago,1954. When his father Montrose goes missing,twenty-two 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.
Publisher: Pan MacmillanISBN: 9781509883356Number of pages: 384Weight: 272 gDimensions: 196 x 130 x 26 mm
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Lovecraft Country takes the unlikeliest of premises and spins it into a funny,fast,exciting,and affecting readAt every turn,Ruff has great fun pitting mid-twentieth-century horror and sci-fi clichés against the banal and ever present bigotry of the eraA brilliantly conceived story brilliantly executedLovecraft Country doesn't just race along,it tears,demanding that you keep turning its pages without interruptionSmartly subversive pulp horror...beautifully structured...what shines through is solidarity,conscience and not backing down in the face of wickednessGreat fun. You can see why Lovecraft Country has been optioned by HBO for a TV series . . . None of the book's other-worldly encounters feel as dangerous as those moments when a black character runs afoul of a tired police officer or vicious sheriffRuff 's worldbuilding is a blend of magic,researched realism,and adventure storyNonstop adventure that includes time-shifting,shape-shifting,and Lovecraft-like horrors...Ruff,a cult favorite for his mind-bending fiction,vividly portrays racism as a horror worse than anything conceived by Lovecraft in this provocative,chimerical novelGenuinely spooky...But the real horror is the reality of life for African-Americans in the Jim Crow era...sparks the imagination while also igniting the reader's empathyThe slippery dialogue and suspense-soaked prose make Lovecraft Country - a challenge to one of the most recognizable legacies in science fiction - worth every dimeWonderful from page one...Matt Ruff is one of the gentlest,wildest writers of fantastic fiction
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