Although I would say this book isn’t quite the “cosmic horror” it is advertised at, its two stories are very good. The Sea dreams it is the Sky hints in its first parts more of Borges or Garcia Marquez than of Lovecraft (although it falters towards the end with some out of place action sequences), and imagines links between the tortuous regimes of Latin America and evil presences in other worlds. My Heart Struck Sorrow and its pursuit of the dark origins of the folk song Stagger Lee is mesmerizing and incredibly well written.

And the audio book version has some of the best narrators I’ve heard in a long time. A pleasure to listen to.