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The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party

by M. T. Anderson

Liberty, experiment, and the contradictions of revolutionary Boston

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Liberty, experiment, and the contradictions of revolutionary Boston

Set in Revolutionary-era Boston, the novel places Octavian, a young person raised by rational philosophers, inside a household shaped by experiments whose purpose he does not initially understand. His discovery of a forbidden door brings the nature of those experiments—and his own place in them—into view. Around this intimate story, the book sets the Patriots’ struggle for liberty against the enslavement of Africans, exposing a deep contradiction in the period’s ideals. As the first volume of a two-part work, it frames America’s origins as a contested history rather than a simple founding narrative.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Teens and young adults interested in historical fiction set during the American Revolution.
  • Readers seeking fiction that examines slavery and the contradictions of liberty in early American history.

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American RevolutionSlavery and libertyScientific experimentationThe contested history of America’s origins

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Book overview

Anderson's imaginative and highly intelligent exploration of . . . the ambiguous history of America's origins will leave readers impatient for the sequel. -- The New York Times Book Review

Young Octavian is being raised by a group of rational philosophers known only by numbers -- but it is only after he opens a forbidden door that learns the hideous nature of their experiments, and his own chilling role them. Set in Revolutionary Boston, M. T. Anderson's mesmerizing novel takes place at a time when Patriots battled to win liberty while African slaves were entreated to risk their lives for a freedom they would never claim. The first of two parts, this deeply provocative novel reimagines past as an eerie place that has startling resonance for readers today.
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