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Aug 09, 2016shayshortt rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
The Ballad of Black Tom is based on the H.P. Lovecraft story The Horror at Red Hook. Victor LaValle has managed to take a plodding and shockingly racist story, and spin it into a nuanced exploration both of Lovecraft’s continued influence on the horror genre, and its correlation to the continued strain on race relations in America today. Full review: https://shayshortt.com/2016/08/09/the-ballad-of-black-tom/