Bookmark Brief - This Thing of Darkness

[Music] hi i'm doug keck and this is an ewtn bookmark brief just had the pleasure speaking with kv turley and fiorella de maria about their book this thing of darkness published by ignatius press it's a novel something interesting and different for bookmark kv and fiorello we'll start with you kb give us an overview of this novel it's a story set in 1956 in hollywood a reporter is given a task she doesn't really want to do which is interview the fading star which is bella laguzzi and uh the story starts to unravel in a way her her circumstance start to unravel but also this the world around her starts to take on a different shape and there's certain correlations between characters and links which are she wasn't expecting and it's really a story about the the emptiness of fame but also the communion of saints i think that's how i would sum it up fiorella well what can i add to that um it's a story about a young woman seeking the truth um it's about the clash between good and evil like all good good stories and about hollywood horror versus the horror of the world do you also see ultimately salvation right i was wondering also from a target audience perspective the the ability for you maybe to recommend that this is the kind of book that uh somebody could give to a young person or a person who maybe is searching or is on the periphery of the faith and they would find beneficial i think it would be eye-opening um it's very much an adult story however it does look at the reality of evil in the world and also the hope of salvation and the way the saints look after us kevin why did you pick this genre to tell this kind of story uh misspent youth doug um i i i watched a lot of uh horror movies like old horror movies i don't really like the set of blood but the draculas and the frankensteins and i i know i was the only one of my generation watching this stuff and enjoying it but it kind of filled my mind and then i liked the hammer horrors and [Music] so and i kind of liked the genre but i have to say that for a catholic that genre is very small because so much of it is just not stuff you would want to read and it doesn't really help but i do think that there's uh possibly a way in which it could be uh could be brought further into the light shall we say as a genre but i like the genre we all like to be scared and i mean you talk about uh on in catholic media you put a story with the word exorcist in the title right and it gets a lot of hits people are fascinated by the occult so let's fascinate them with something good about it so the the truth about it both it's evil but also maybe a way out of it right the supernatural meaning our lord and savior in the world that awaits us all thank you so much kb turley and ferella de maria this thing of darkness published by ignatius press look for the entire interview on the network on demand and also on our youtube channel look for the book through ewtn's religious catalog ewtnrc.com all things catholic thank you for joining us for this bookmark brief we'll see you next time [Music]

Channel: EWTN

Views: 212

Rating: 5 out of 5

Keywords: Catholic, EWTN, Christian, television, Fiorella De Maria, K.V. Turley, This Thing of Darkness, bbrief

Id: 9OkzLa4VZ5I

Length: 3min 54sec (234 seconds)

Published: Fri Sep 17 2021