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 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.
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.
這位廣受好評的邪教小說家，將種族隔離的美國生活中的恐怖事件，以及想像中的輝煌和絕妙作品中揮之不去的影響融為一體，融合了歷史小說、黑色電影和「洛式恐怖」(Lovecraftian horror) 與幻想。
故事發生在1954年的芝加哥。當他的父親蒙特羅斯 (Montrose) 失踪時，22歲的陸軍老兵阿提克斯•特納 (Atticus Turner) 在他的叔叔喬治 (George)--《黑人安全旅遊指南》的出版商和兒時玩伴萊蒂西亞 (Letitia) 的陪同下，踏上了去新英格蘭的路途。在他們前往布萊斯懷特 (Braithwhite)先生莊園的旅程中 -- 他是阿提克斯祖先之一擁有遺產的繼承人 -- 他們遇到了美國白人的世俗恐怖和邪靈，這些彷彿直接從喬治所貪婪閱讀的奇怪故事中跳脫出來。
在莊園裡，阿提庫斯發現他的父親被一個名為 「古代黎明教團」 的秘密陰謀集團用鐵鍊鎖住關押。該組織由撒母耳•布賴斯懷特( Samuel Braithwhite) 和他的兒子卡勒布 (Caleb) 領導，精心策劃了一個以阿迪克斯為中心的儀式。他唯一的救贖希望可能是他和整個特納氏族毀滅的種子。
這本小說充滿魔力、力量、希望和跨越時間的自由，觸及兩個黑人家庭的不同成員，它是一個千變萬化、驚人的種族主義畫像，至今仍然困擾著我們的恐怖幽靈。
（譯者/徐琍沂&劉世明）