![]() ![]() (Even the bad whites still outrank the non-whites, in Lovecraft’s world.) Suydam purchases tenement buildings in the immigrant district of Red Hook, New York.Īs is often the case in Lovecraft stories, the foreigners populating Red Hook are depicted as sinister, inhuman figures, controlled by the corrupted “Aryan”, Suydam. The plot follows police detective Malone, who is investigating the suspicious activities of a wealthy and mysterious old man, Robert Suydam. It’s both one of my favorite Lovecraft stories for its plot and its atmosphere, and also one I hate the most for the way he despises all the non-WASPs at every opportunity. Lovecraft’s work in microcosm showing both his best–his tremendous talent for creating a chilling weird story–and his worst–his extreme and vicious racism. Lovecraft’s story The Horror at Red Hook, upon which it is partly based. This is a little unorthodox: Before I start my review of this novella (short version: it’s very good), I first need to discuss H.P. ![]()
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