400 pages |Paperback

The critically acclaimed cult novelist makes visceral the terrors of life in Jim Crow America in this brilliant and wondrous work of the imagination that melds historical fiction, pulp noir, and Lovecraftian horror and fantasy.

A brilliantly conceived story brilliantly executedRuff renders a very high-concept, imaginary world with such vividness that you cant help but feel its disturbingly real.Christopher Moore,New York Timesbestselling author ofLambandA Dirty Job

Chicago, 1954. When his father goes missing, 22-year-old Army veteran Atticus Turner embarks on a road trip to New England to find him, accompanied by his uncle Georgepublisher ofThe Safe Negro Travel Guideand his childhood friend Letitia. On their journey to the manor of Samuel Braithwhiteheir to the estate that owned one of Atticuss ancestorsthey encounter both mundane terrors of white America and malevolent spirits that seem straight out of the weird tales George devours.

Atticus discovers his father in chains, held prisoner by a secret cabal, the Order of the Ancient Dawnled by Braithwhite and his son Calebwhich has gathered to perform a ritual that shockingly centers on Atticus. And his one hope of salvation may be the seed of hisand the whole Turner clansdestruction.

A chimerical blend of magic, power, hope, and freedom that stretches across time, touching diverse members of two black families,Lovecraft Countryis a devastating kaleidoscopic portrait of racismthe terrifying specter that still haunts us today.