The Conspiracy Against the Human Race by Thomas Ligotti - ISBN: 9780143133148
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Life’s a meaningless nightmare: Wake up to the chilling truth.

The Conspiracy Against the Human Race

A Contrivance of Horror

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  • Paperback

    272 pages

  • Release Date

    18 October 2018

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Summary

There is a signature motif discernible in both works of philosophical pessimism and supernatural horror. It may be stated thus: Behind the scenes of life lurks something pernicious that makes a nightmare of our world.

His fiction is known to be some of the most terrifying in the genre of supernatural horror, but Thomas Ligotti’s first nonfiction book may be even scarier. Drawing on philosophy, literature, neuroscience, and other fields of study, Ligotti takes the penetrating lens of h…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780143133148
ISBN-10:0143133144
Author:Thomas Ligotti
Publisher:Penguin Putnam Inc
Imprint:Penguin USA
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:272
Release Date:18 October 2018
Weight:220g
Dimensions:25mm x 200mm x 135mm
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Critics Review

“Ligotti, with the wit of a decadent and the eloquence of a funeral organ, guides us confidently through the grimmer corners of intellectual and cultural history…He exposits on horror’s themes and its canon with practitioner’s grace.” –The Millions

About The Author

Thomas Ligotti

Thomas Ligotti was born in Detroit in 1953. Among the most acclaimed horror writers of the past thirty years, he has received three Bram Stoker Awards, a British Fantasy Award, and an International Horror Guild Award. He lives in South Florida.

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