The novel 'All Heads Turn When the Hunt Goes By' by John Farris is a Southern Gothic horror story that revolves around a prominent Southern family plagued by a voodoo curse. The plot kicks off with a ghastly wedding day tragedy in 1942, leading to a series of dreadful events that unfold within the accursed family. Farris skillfully weaves historic details, cultural tidbits, and voodoo lore into the narrative, creating a rich sense of time and place. The writing style is described as engrossing, gripping, and horrifying, with vivid descriptions that immerse the reader in a dark and mysterious atmosphere.
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Content warnings include violence, racism, misogyny, and themes connected to voodoo and curses.
Has Romance?
There is a romantic element, particularly involving the character Nhora Bradwin, but it is intertwined with horror and tragedy.
From The Publisher:
The affair is a military wedding. The groom's parents are the Bradwins, one of the oldest and most distinguished families in Virginia. The family head, General "Boss" Bradwin, is a famous army officer. Of all his prized sons, his youngest, "Clipper" Bradwin, is the most promising. First in his class at Blue Ridge Military Academy, graduate with all honors, he is now entering into holy matrimony and then into wartime service of his country. What will begin, however, with the solemnity of his marriage vows will end in the echoing screams of the damned-an ungodly spectacle of spilled blood and sobbing, throat-aching terror. For this distinguished family is like no other on earth. There is a curse on their blood. Their family history is rooted not in magnolia and honeysuckle, but in darkness and demonism, in frightening forces beyond their knowledge and control. Their august history begins not in antebellum mansions, but with supernatural sorcery in the ancient rites and rituals of dark African jungles. There is a curse that grips the Bradwins from generation to generation, from horror to bloody horror, and that climaxes in a spine-chilling nightmare of black occultism and blood vengeance.PRAISE FOR ALL HEADS TURN WHEN THE HUNT GOES BY: "No frills: All Heads Turn When the Hunt Goes By is a unique horror novel; the strongest single work yet produced by the field's most powerful individual voice." - David Schow - Author of The Shaft, Seeing Red & Black Leather Required.
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About the Author:
John Farris: John Farris (b. 1936) is an American writer. He was born 1936 in Jefferson City, Missouri. He is responsible for a large number of novels, including When Michael Calls and All Heads Turn When the Hunt Goes By.Brian Hodge: Brian Hodge is the award-winning author of ten novels of horror and crime/noir, over 100 short stories, novelettes, and novellas, and four full-length collections. His most recent book is his latest collection, Picking the Bones, a spring 2011 release that was honored with a Publishers Weekly review
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