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A Cosmology of Monsters by Shaun Hamill (Paperback, 2020)
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'I loved it, and think you will, too.'. But finances are tight, Margaret and Eunice are haunted by horrific dreams, and Harry starts acting strangely. 'Shaun Hamill's A Cosmology of Monsters brilliantly combines the mythos of H.P. Lovecraft with a contemporary story of a family under threat of destruction from supernatural forces.
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'I loved it, and think you will, too.' - Stephen King Monsters both figurative and very literal stalk the Turner family. The youngest child, Noah, narrates the family history: how in the late '60s, his bookish mother, marries Lovecraft-lover Harry against her better judgement. The couple has two daughters - Sydney, born for the spotlight, an the brilliant but awkward Eunice, a natural writer and storyteller. But finances are tight, Margaret and Eunice are haunted by horrific dreams, and Harry starts acting strangely. He becomes obsessed with the construction of an elaborately crafted haunted house attraction, christened the Wandering Dark. The family tries to shield baby Noah from the house's faux horrors, but unbeknownst to them, he's being visited by a furry beast with glowing orange eyes - the same ghastly being glimpsed by both his mother and sister. However, unlike them, Noah decides to let the creature in... As he approaches the conclusion of his family tale, it becomes more and more apparent that there's only one way the story can end: with Noah making the ultimate sacrifice. 'Shaun Hamill's A Cosmology of Monsters brilliantly combines the mythos of H.P. Lovecraft with a contemporary story of a family under threat of destruction from supernatural forces. It succeeds because these are good, likeable people that we root for; they could be our neighbors. Horror only works when we care for the people involved, and because we care for the Turners, their nightmare becomes ours. Hamill's prose is simple, and simply beautiful. If John Irving ever wrote a horror novel, it would be something like this. I loved it, and think you will, too.' - Stephen King 'Hamill has crafted an ambitious, spellbinding horror novel for the ages, one where the looming specters of ambition, obsession, and loss are every bit as terrifying as the flesh-and-blood monsters themselves.' -Adrienne Westenfeld, Esquire The Best Fall Books of 2019 '[A] horror tale unafraid to tackle big issues of familial fealty, the architecture of fear, and the metaphysics of love, all while shocking the pants off the reader.... Cosmology straddles the line between scares and feels with confidence and flair.... It's a book that haunts in a myriad ways, and its monsters are just as often palpably real as they are dredged from the depths of nightmares. Horrific yet emotionally immersive, A Cosmology of Monsters is equally a cartography of the heart.' - Jason Heller, NPR.org '[A Cosmology of Monsters] is very much John Irving's Hotel New Hampshire by way of H.P. Lovecraft.... The book is a mesmerizing, meandering, dark tale of growing up and finding monsters all around you.' - Jef Rouner, Houston Chronicle '[A Cosmology of Monsters] is a family saga about the anguish of coming of age. It is a horror novel about the horrors of living. It is also very much about the redemptive nature of love.' - Steven Whitton, The Anniston Star 'A magnificent tribute to Lovecraft's vexing achievement, A Cosmology of Monsters redeems...the master's flaws. Hamill's heart-stopping debut novel features exceptionally graceful language and a set of characters we come to worry about, take delight in, grieve for and love. Saturated with endless wonder and horrific consequences.... Bites horror to its core.' - Michael Alec Rose, BookPage 'A monster stalks a family across generations; a hidden city beckons from beyond perception; trauma and human frailty and loss bear their terrible fangs.... A Cosmology of Monsters is as weird and compelling and ambitious a horror novel as you could possibly want.' - Carmen Maria Machado, author of Her Body and Other Parties 'A Cosmology of Monsters is almost more John Irving than [Stephen] King, since Hamill writes about family, sex, and all things grotesque with a gleeful openness. In a way, the novel is a twisted coming-of-age tale, with all the benchmarks of male adolescence-shame, jealousy, anger, and id-personifiedProduct Identifiers
PublisherTitan Books LTD
ISBN-139781789094114
eBay Product ID (ePID)18046521794
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Book TitleA Cosmology of Monsters
AuthorShaun Hamill
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2020
GenreHorror
Number of Pages448 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height198mm
Item Width130mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorShaun Hamill
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
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- 06 Feb, 2024
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Amazing book. Could have read it in a day if I had time. It's one of those books you can't stop thinking about and the ending left me very emotional. Likeable characters, brilliant concept. Different. Although not scary, it was so much more than a horror.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
