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A gothic tale becomes all too shockingly real in this mesmerizing magnum opus by the acclaimed writer of FEED.
It appears like a fairy tale. He's a boy dressed up in silks and white wigs and given the finest of classical educations. Raised by several rational philosophers known only by numbers, the boy and his mother — a princess in exile from a faraway land — will be the only persons in their household assigned names. As the boy's regal mother, Cassiopeia, entertains the home scholars with her beauty and wit, young Octavian begins to question the reason behind his guardians' fanatical studies. Only after he dares to open a forbidden door does he learn the hideous nature of their experiments — and his own chilling role in them. Set against the disquiet of Revolutionary Boston, M. T. Anderson's extraordinary novel takes place at a time when American Patriots rioted and battled to win liberty while African slaves were entreated to risk their lives for a freedom they might never claim. The first of two parts, this deeply provocative novel reimagines days gone by as an eerie place that has startling resonance for readers today.
