«Lovecraft Country takes the unlikeliest of premises and spins it into a funny, fast, exciting, and affecting read»

Neal Stephenson, author of <i>Snow Crash and Cryptonomicon</i>

«At every turn, Ruff has great fun pitting mid-twentieth-century horror and sci-fi clichés against the banal and ever present bigotry of the era»

New York Times Book Review

«A brilliantly conceived story brilliantly executed»

Christopher Moore, author of <i>Lamb </i>and <i>A Dirty Job</i>

«Lovecraft Country doesn't just race along, it tears, demanding that you keep turning its pages without interruption»

Cory Doctorow, author of <i>Little Brother</i>

«Smartly subversive pulp horror . . . beautifully structured . . . what shines through is solidarity, conscience and not backing down in the face of wickedness»

Guardian

«Great fun. You can see why Lovecraft Country has been optioned by HBO for a TV series . . . None of the book’s other-worldly encounters feel as dangerous as those moments when a black character runs afoul of a tired police officer or vicious sheriff»

Telegraph

«Ruff ’s worldbuilding is a blend of magic, researched realism, and adventure story»

LA Review of Books

«Nonstop adventure that includes time-shifting, shape-shifting, and Lovecraft-like horrors . . . Ruff, a cult favorite for his mind-bending fiction, vividly portrays racism as a horror worse than anything conceived by Lovecraft in this provocative, chimerical novel»

Booklist

«Genuinely spooky . . . But the real horror is the reality of life for African-Americans in the Jim Crow era . . . sparks the imagination while also igniting the reader’s empathy»

Library Journal

«The slippery dialogue and suspense-soaked prose make Lovecraft Country – a challenge to one of the most recognizable legacies in science fiction – worth every dime»

Chicago Review of Books

«Wonderful from page one . . . Matt Ruff is one of the gentlest, wildest writers of fantastic fiction»

John Crowley, author of <i>Little, Big</i>