Revelator (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780525657385)

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.

Author: Daryl Gregory
ISBN-10: 052565738X
ISBN-13: 9780525657385
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Language: English
Published: 08/31/2021
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.60w x 1.40d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 06/14/2021
Library Journal 07/23/2021 pg. 1
Booklist 07/21/2021
Kirkus Reviews 01/01/0001