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The Grimmer by Naben Ruthnum

The Grimmer is a YA novel by Naben Ruthnum.

A YA horror novel about a boy fighting inter-dimensional threats

A red book cover with the silhouette of a teenage boy's head with a candle, skull and stack of books inside of it and a black cat crossing in the foreground.

After his father returns from treatment for addiction, highschooler Vish lover of metal music and literature is uncertain what the future holds. It doesn't help that everyone seems to know about the family's troubles, and they stand out doubly as one of the only brown families in town. When Vish is mistaken for a relative of the weird local bookseller and attacked by an unsettling pale man who seems to be decaying, he is pulled into the world of the occult, where witches live in television sets, undead creatures can burn with a touch, and magic is mathematical. Vish must work with the bookstore owner and his mysterious teenage employee, Gisela, to stop an interdimensional invasion that would destroy their peaceful town.

Bringing together scares, suspense, and body horror,The Grimmeris award-winning author Naben Ruthnum's first foray into the young adult genre. This gripping ride through the supernatural is loaded with vivid characters, frightening imagery, and astonishing twists, while tackling complex issues such as grief, racism, and addiction. (From ECW Press)

Naben Ruthnumis a Toronto journalist and writer.His 2017 bookCurryis an engaging and insightful long-form essay that connects the dots between the popular dish and how it functions as shorthand for brown identity in representing the food, culture and social perception of the South Asian diaspora.

Under the pseudonym of Nathan Ripley, he is the author ofFind You in the Dark, which was an Arthur Ellis Awards finalist for best first novel.Your Life Is Mine, his second thriller using the pseudonym, was published in 2019.

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