Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff

After seeing Lovecraft Country mentioned a few times in magazines and blogs I figured it sounded interesting and that I should give it a chance. Basically it was advertised as Lovecraftian type horror against the backdrop of 1950's Jim Crow laws... so the characters here have to deal with both weird horror and racism. The book is constructed as several connected episodes of weird events that happen to an African-American family. It starts off promisingly with a story that is a nod to The Shadow over Innsmouth. The rest of the stories were pretty good but nowhere near as weird as something Lovecraft would come up with. Also I'm not sure if it was best that all the stories connected. They could have worked individually and the connecting story line about a wizard trying to gain power over other wizarding lodges was probably the least interesting aspect of the book. And no mentions of Cthulhu either. I guess I'll say it is a B.