A brutal, incredibly bizarre exploration of insanity, guilt, love, and
the darkness inside all of us . . . This novel is a hybrid monster
that's part Lovecraftian nightmare and part literary exploration of
evil.
--Gabino Iglesias, NPR
Emma is hitchhiking across the United States, trying to outrun a
violent, tragic past, when she meets Lowell, the hot-but-dumb driver she
hopes will take her as far as the Badlands. But Lowell is not as
harmless as he seems, and a vicious scuffle leaves Emma bloody and
stranded in an abandoned town in the Black Hills with an out-of-gas van,
a loaded gun, and a snowstorm on the way.
The town is eerily quiet and Emma takes shelter in a diner, where she
stumbles across Earl, a strange little boy in a tinfoil mask who steals
her gun before begging her to help him get rid of "George." As she is
pulled deeper into Earl's bizarre, menacing world, the horrors of Emma's
past creep closer, and she realizes she can't run forever.
Tinfoil Butterfly is a seductively scary, chilling exploration of
evil--how it sneaks in under your skin, flaring up when you least expect
it, how it throttles you and won't let go. The beauty of Rachel Eve
Moulton's ferocious, harrowing, and surprisingly moving debut is that it
teaches us that love can do that, too.
