Lovecraft: A Biography

This biography relates a paradoxical, ironic literary life--that of Howard Phillips Lovecraft, who never had a book of stories published in his lifetime, but who became a best-selling author after death; who died in obscure poverty, convinced of his failure, but who is now hailed as an important writer of the 20th century; who was a self-proclaimed misanthrope, but who collected a circle of devoted friends who remember him fondly as one of the kindest & most delightful people they ever knew. The author relates his peculiar upbringing, bizarre habits & preferences, his tragicomic careers, his role in the development of science fiction & his posthumous triumph--revealing how this strange neurotic man transformed his nightmares into the wonderful stories that have made him an influential & important literary figure.