The Resource Lovecraft Country : a novel, Matt Ruff
Lovecraft Country : a novel, Matt Ruff
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- Summary
- Chicago, 1954. When his father Montrose goes missing 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' 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 which has gathered to orchestrate a ritual that shockingly centers on Atticus
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 372 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062292063
- Label
- Lovecraft Country : a novel
- Title
- Lovecraft Country
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- Matt Ruff
- Subject
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- trueMissing persons
- trueNew England
- trueScience fiction
- trueAfrican American families
- Occultists -- Fiction
- trueRacism
- trueCults
- trueAfrofuturism and Afrofantasy
- trueVeterans
- trueMagic (Occultism)
- African Americans -- Fiction
- trueChicago, Illinois
- trueHistorical horror
- Kidnapping -- Fiction
- trueHorror
- trueAutomobile travel
- true1950s -- 1950 -- 1959
- Horror tales
- Lovecraft, H. P., (Howard Phillips), 1890-1937 -- Fiction
- trueFathers and sons
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Chicago, 1954. When his father Montrose goes missing 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' 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 which has gathered to orchestrate a ritual that shockingly centers on Atticus
- Summary
- 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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- 10460334
- Cataloging source
- AZZPT
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- Ruff, Matt
- Dewey number
- 813
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
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- True
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- Lovecraft, H. P.
- African Americans
- Kidnapping
- Occultists
- Target audience
- general
- Label
- Lovecraft Country : a novel, Matt Ruff
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000057115131
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 372 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062292063
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)933729404
- Label
- Lovecraft Country : a novel, Matt Ruff
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 000057115131
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 372 pages
- Isbn
- 9780062292063
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)933729404
Subject
- true1950s -- 1950 -- 1959
- trueAfrican American families
- African Americans -- Fiction
- trueAfrofuturism and Afrofantasy
- trueAutomobile travel
- trueChicago, Illinois
- trueCults
- trueFathers and sons
- trueHistorical horror
- trueHorror
- Horror tales
- Kidnapping -- Fiction
- Lovecraft, H. P., (Howard Phillips), 1890-1937 -- Fiction
- trueMagic (Occultism)
- trueMissing persons
- trueNew England
- Occultists -- Fiction
- trueRacism
- trueScience fiction
- trueVeterans
Genre
- trueAfrofuturism and Afrofantasy
- Fiction
- trueHistorical horror
- trueHorror
- Horror tales
- trueScience fiction
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