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New York Times Bestseller. Goodreads Choice Awards Best Horror. Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Awards
"It's Lovecraft meets the Brontës in Latin America, and after a slow-burn start Mexican Gothic gets seriously weird."-- The Guardian
"A period thriller as rich in suspense as it is in lush '50s atmosphere."-- Entertainment Weekly
An isolated mansion. A chillingly charismatic aristocrat. And a brave socialite has drawn to expose their treacherous secrets...From the author of Gods of Jade and Shadow comes "a terrifying twist on classic gothic horror" set in glamorous 1950s Mexico.
Mexican Gothic is a 2020 gothic horror novel by Mexican Canadian author Silvia Moreno-Garcia. It centers on a young woman, Noemi Taboada, investigating her cousin's claims that her husband is trying to murder her. After receiving a frantic letter from her newly-wed cousin to save her from mysterious doom, Noemí heads to a distant house in the Mexican countryside. She finds a handsome Englishman, her cousin's husband, whom Noemí knows a little.
Noemi is also an unlikely rescuer: She's a glamorous debutante, and her chic gowns and perfect red lipstick are more suited for cocktail parties than amateur sleuthing. But she is also tough and smart, with an indomitable will, and she is not afraid: Not of her cousin's new husband, who is both menacing and alluring; not of his father, the ancient patriarch who seems to be fascinated by Noemi; not even of the house itself, which begins to invade Noemi's dreams with visions of blood and doom.
Her only ally in this uninviting adobe is the family's youngest son. He is shy and gentle, and seems to want to help Noemi, but might have hiding dark secrets too. There are many secrets behind the walls of High Place and of the family's past. The family's once colossal wealth and faded mining empire kept them from prying eyes, but as Noemi digs deeper she unearths stories of violence and madness. Noemi mesmerized by the terrifying yet seductive world of High Place, may soon find it impossible to ever leave this enigmatic house behind.
In development as a Hulu Original Limited Series produced by Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos. Nominated for The Brim Stoker Award. Named one of The Best Books of the Year by The NewYorker.
The Novel landed on multiple bestsellers list ad Moreno-Garcia's writing has received comparisons to Daphne du Maurier and Guillermo del Toro.
Adaptation
In August 2020 Milojo Production and ABC Signature announced that they were producing a limited series adaptation of Mexican Gothic with 8-10 episodes, to be released on the streaming platform Hulu. Moreno-Garcia will serve as executive producer.
About the Author
Silvia Moreno-Garcia (born 25 April 1981) is a Mexican Canadia novelist, short story writer, editor, and publisher. She was raised in Mexico and moved to Canada in 2004, where she presently lives with her family in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Silvia began her career publishing in various fiction magazines and books including Exile Quarterly. She was a finalist for the 2011 Manchester Fiction Prize. She is the author of the novels Mexican Gothic, Gods of Jade and Shadow (nominated for Nebula Award for best novel 2019 and Locus Award for the best fantasy novel, 2019 ), Certain Dark Things, Untamed Shore, The Strange Way of Dying etc. Her debut novel Signal to Noise has won Copper Cylinder Adult Award, 2016.
She has also edited and co-edited several books including Historical Lovecraft, Future Lovecraft, Sword and Mythos, an anthology She Walks in the Shadows (World Fantasy Award-winning, 2015), etc.
Currently, as of October 2019, she is working as a book columnist for The Washington Post.
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Rating: 4.2/5
Author: Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Publisher: Del Rey
Publishing Date: June 30, 2020
Edition Language: English
Genre: Gothic Fiction, Magical Realism, Historical Fantasy, Horror Fiction,
ISBN-10: 0525620788
ISBN-13: 978-0525620785
Pages: 320 (Hardcover)
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