![]() “Whether The Ballad of Black Tom is approached as a straightforward tale of horror in the early 20th century or as a metafictional commentary on Lovecraft’s own storytelling choices and racism, it succeeds. ![]() “LaValle’s ingenious project involves co-opting Lovecraft’s epic-scale paranoia into the service of a trickster tale.”- Locus “Wonderfully creepy and impossible to put down, The Ballad of Black Tom is a genre-bending must-read.”- BuzzFeed Lovecraft’s infamous story “The Horror at Red Hook,” retelling it with a new protagonist (the titular Charles Thomas Tester, a splendidly Lovecraftian name) and a literary veneer that recalls Chester Himes.”- Publishers Weekly ![]() “Shirley Jackson Award–winner LaValle cleverly retcons H.P. “ The Ballad of Black Tom stands on its own as a compelling weird tale of Jazz-age New York City, but its penetrating examination of Lovecraft’s creations and how they reflect racism’s profound influence on our cultural imagination is where it really shines.”- Slate Lovecraft classic is as creepy as it is thought-provoking.”- People ![]()
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