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Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff - King Bob - 08-20-2020
I liked his earlier Bad Monkeys (a bit like Gilliam's Brazil) but this was so-so. I can see why it was made a series; it's more of a series of stories with the same characters (each focusing on a different one) than it is a novel. Very little connection with Lovecraft beyond the title, never touches Lovecraft's style of horror, it was more conventional pulp. I think it might be better on screen.
Perhaps mainly unusual for the focus on black characters and Jim Crow. But written by a white author. Considering the recent battles in the YA book world, I'm surprised that he didn't take much heat for that. Or at least none that I know of.