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內容簡介 吉姆．克勞里程－－一種測量單位，有色人種特別適用，內含實際的距離與偶發的恐懼、偏執、挫折與憤怒。 本質會不斷變形，導致旅行時間無法估算；暴力更使旅行者的健康與心智狀態，持續陷入危機。－－《黑鬼安全旅行指南》，一九五四年夏季版 一九五四年的美國，由於種族隔離法，以及普遍的歧視觀念，黑人被餐廳、商店拒於門外是家常便飯，無緣無故被白人私刑吊死或遭到警察蓄意射殺更是每天都可能遇到的危險，以致於黑人出門遠行還必須帶著《黑人安全旅行指南》、時時遵守以保安全。 二十二歲的阿弟克斯是韓戰退伍軍人，和父親蒙特羅斯時常針對是否要深入追查已逝母親的家族史起爭執。阿弟克斯認為過去的事就該放下，蒙特羅斯卻執著地想要查出亡妻家族中一位女性祖先逃離奴隸身分、獲得自由的始末。 一日，阿弟克斯聽說父親跟一名陌生白人男子離開住處後便失蹤了。 向來痛恨白人的父親居然會和白人離開，阿弟克斯驚訝之餘，推測這和父親鑽研多年、終有突破的家族史有關，於是和伯伯喬治以及好友蕾蒂夏前往母親的祖先還是黑奴時居住的地點：麻州小村－－和洛夫克拉夫特筆下邪神現身的阿卡漢僅有一字之差－－阿德漢。 漫漫長路上危機四伏，好不容易躲過白人警察的追殺，抵達神秘小村後，阿弟克斯發現更致命的危機正等著他們送上門…… 蒙特羅斯到底去哪裡了？ 那名神秘白人男子究竟是什麼人，又有什麼目的？ 阿弟克斯一行人又是否能順利逃出生天？ 本中文書介出自＜＜洛夫克拉夫特之鄉: 逃出絕命村 (HBO改編強檔影集書衣版)＞＞ 獨步文化出版 The book behind the HBO Series from J.J. Abrams, Misha Green and Jordan Peele (Director of Get Out) Chicago, 1954. When his father Montrose goes missing, twenty-two 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 by Matt Ruff is a devastating kaleidoscopic portrait of racism – the terrifying specter that continues to haunt us today.
