Revelator A novel
Revelator, a novel by Daryl Gregory, is published by Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group and was released on August 31, 2021. This first edition spans 352 pages and is presented in English. The story unfolds in the 1930s, focusing on a family living in the remote hills of the Smoky Mountains, exploring themes of secret religion and personal struggle through the eyes of Stella, a young girl left in the care of her grandmother.
Readers will find a dark and gripping narrative as Stella encounters her family’s enigmatic god, the Ghostdaddy, and later returns as a bootlegger to confront her past during her grandmother’s funeral. The novel delves into the complexities of family ties and the haunting legacy of faith, particularly through the character of Sunny, a ten-year-old girl with a powerful connection to Stella’s history. Revelator weaves elements of horror, gothic, and fantasy into a compelling tale set against the backdrop of the Great Depression.
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ONE OF THE WASHINGTON POST‘S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR • The dark, gripping tale of a 1930’s family in the remote hills of the Smoky Mountains, their secret religion, and the daughter who turns her back on their mysterious god—from the acclaimed author of Spoonbenders.
“Gods and moonshine in the Great Depression, written with a tenderness and brutality … this is as good as novels get.” —Stephen Graham Jones, author of The Only Good Indians
In 1933, nine-year-old Stella is left in the care of her grandmother, Motty, in the backwoods of Tennessee. The mountains are home to dangerous secrets, and soon after she arrives, Stella wanders into a dark cavern where she encounters the family’s personal god, an entity known as the Ghostdaddy.
Years later, after a tragic incident that caused her to flee, Stella—now a professional bootlegger—returns for Motty’s funeral, and to check on the mysterious ten-year-old girl named Sunny that Motty adopted. Sunny appears innocent enough, but she is more powerful than Stella could imagine—and she’s a direct link to Stella’s buried past and her family’s destructive faith.
Haunting and wholly engrossing, summoning mesmerizing voices and giving shape to the dark, Revelator is a southern gothic tale for the ages.
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