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A review by sorkatani
The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle
5.0
I seriously enjoyed this re-telling of Lovecraft's tale, "The Horror at Red Hook".
LaValle has taken one of Lovecraft's weakest tales and turned it into a fully-formed short story that subverts the original brilliantly.
By giving a voice to a Black character, LaValle weaves a tale that asks the reader to consider which is the greater evil - cosmic indifference to all life or white society's malice towards Black lives?
LaValle has taken one of Lovecraft's weakest tales and turned it into a fully-formed short story that subverts the original brilliantly.
By giving a voice to a Black character, LaValle weaves a tale that asks the reader to consider which is the greater evil - cosmic indifference to all life or white society's malice towards Black lives?