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A Cosmology of Monsters: A Novel Esphyr Slobodkina When he meets Mary Freitas-though"If John Irving ever wrote a horror novel, it would be something like this. I loved it. Stephen King ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: ESQUIRE THE NERD DAILY THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY A GOODREADS CHOICE AWARDS FINALIST Monsters both figurative and very literal stalk the Turner family. The youngest child, Noah, narrates the family history: how in the late '60s, his bookish mother, Margaret, marries Lovecraft lover Harry against her better judgment.