The title of the novel itself gives a nod to the framework and structure of the story. A world where monsters exist, interacting with each family member in a slightly different way and causing them to alternate between being terrified, puzzled, and comforted by the presence of a beast.īlending horror, fantasy, and literary fiction, Hamill draws the reader into the world of the Turner family with ease. However, the Turner family also lives in a world that is nearly hallucinatory, phantasmagoric at times. The novel follows the very real highs and lows that any family may face over the years – for example, financial struggles and business success, the pure joy of a new child being born, and the dark reality of terminal illness. Noah narrates his family’s story, a tale spanning decades, which starts with his parents falling in love and ends when he is a grown adult.
Noah Turner is the youngest of three children in a family plagued by monsters of both the real and fantastical variety.
In his debut novel, A Cosmology of Monsters, author Shaun Hamill serves up a uniquely weird and wonderful reading experience.
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