Lovecraft Country: TV Tie-In - Softcover

Ruff, Matt

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1529019036 ISBN 13: 9781529019032

Publisher: Picador, 2020

Synopsis

The New York Times bestselling book behind the 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, Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff 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.

About this title

About the Author

Matt Ruff was born in 1965 in Queens, New York.

His novel, Lovecraft Country, was nominated for the World Fantasy Award in 2017 in the novel category. Matt now lives in Seattle, Washington with his wife.

From the Back Cover

Now a major New HBO series
from J.J. Abrams (Executive Producer of Westworld), Misha Green (Creator of Underground) and Jordan Peele (Director of Get Out)
CHICAGO, 1954. When his father 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 childhood friend Letitia. On their journey they encounter both the mundane terrors of white America and a more insidious threat ripped straight from the pages of the weird tales George devours . . .

The discovery of what has happened to his father is just the beginning as Atticus is forced to confront two evils, each as great as the other in an America rocked by civil unrest.

An imaginative blend of magic, power, hope, and freedom. Fictional – and all too real – horrors are imaginatively entwined in a devastating kaleidoscopic portrait of racism – the terrifying spectre that continues to haunt us today.
‘A funny, fast, exciting and affecting read’ Neal Stephenson, New York Times bestselling author of Seveneves and Anathem

Edition details

• Publisher: Picador
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1529019036
• ISBN 13: 9781529019032
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256