Matt Ruff
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"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...
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
A Korean War veteran in search of his father travels across 1950s Jim Crow America with his childhood friend and uncle. Their journey soon becomes a struggle to survive as they battle racist terrors and monsters that could be ripped from an H.P. Lovecraft paperback.