In the first section of the book, Korean War vet Atticus Turner gets a message from his father, from whom he’s been estranged for years. The stories of the Turner family demonstrate the racism and unrelenting danger of being Black both in the Jim Crow South and in a suspicious and violent North. The family business consists of publishing The Safe Negro Travel Guide, a guide for Black people traveling throughout the US. Lovecraft Country is a series of connected stories (together they form one cohesive arc, but most of the chapters could easily stand alone) about a Black family living in Chicago in the 1950s. Lovecraft Country is tragically devoid of romance and yet I can’t resist reviewing it for you, dear Bitches, because it’s one of the most satisfying books I’ve read in quite some time. Genre: Historical: American, Horror, Science Fiction/Fantasy
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