{"product_id":"the-truth-of-carcosa-hardcover","title":"The Truth of Carcosa - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJacob Rollinson\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEvil books, shadowy corporations, and interdimensional monster collide in this dark, masterful tribute to Robert Chamber's cult classic, \u003ci\u003eThe King in Yellow\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In 1984, exiled author Salvatore Archimboldi accepts the help of a psychotherapist to write his new book. He hopes to transform his traumatic memories into literary genius. But the resulting book, \u003ci\u003eThe Truth of Carcosa\u003c\/i\u003e, is pure evil. Horrified, Archimboldi suppresses the book and wills all traces of it, his correspondence, and any copies to be destroyed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Long after Archimboldi's death, in a chaotic age of resurgent nationalism and violence, one of the only havens for his work is the ALI, the Archive for Literary Investment, where a biographer and his protégée search through Archimboldi's correspondence for clues on the evil manuscript as they attempt to stop unscrupulous firms with their own plans for the manuscript. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Told from the perspective of a madman obsessed with \u003ci\u003eThe Truth of Carcosa\u003c\/i\u003e and a ragtag group of friends, it becomes clear that this book is more than a book--and that it might be the answer to a bewildering set of questions: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Why is the Archive so desperate to preserve Archimboldi's work? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Why do so many corporations seem hellbent on seizing any scrap of this mysterious manuscript--and at whatever cost? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e What are the strange, dancing monsters that appear wherever Archimboldi's work is discovered? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e And who--or what--is the Yellow King?\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJacob Rollinson\u003c\/b\u003e was born in England in 1984 and has lived and worked in China and the UK. He completed a creative and critical writing PhD at the University of East Anglia, and his fiction and creative nonfiction has been published in NewWriting.net, Spoonfeed, Moxy, Critical Quarterly and the Brixton Review of Books. His novella \u003ci\u003eLate King in Yellow Woods\u003c\/i\u003e was published in 2021. He lives in Sussex and works as an academic librarian.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 464\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 8.4 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 13, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52987788591411,"sku":"9781454962625","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/7i1tkCj3t39781454962625.webp?v=1769068935","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-truth-of-carcosa-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}