The Astonishing Life of Octavian Noth..., M. T. Anderson
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Noth..., M. T. Anderson
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The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume 1: The Pox Party

Author: M. T. Anderson

Narrator: Peter Francis James

Unabridged: 8 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/09/2007

Synopsis

He is a boy dressed in silks and white wigs and given the best of classical educations. Raised by a mysterious group of rational philosophers known only by numbers, the boy and his mother–a princess in exile from a faraway land–are the only people in their household assigned names. As the boy’s regal mother, Cassiopeia, entertains the house scholars with her beauty and wit, young Octavian begins to question the purpose 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.

About The Author

M. T. Anderson is on the faculty at Vermont College’s MFA Program in Writing for Children. He is the author of the young adult novels Thirsty and Burger Wuss. He says of Feed, “To write this novel, I read a huge number of magazines like Seventeen, Maxim, and Stuff. I listened to cell phone conversations in malls. Where else could you get lines like ‘Dude, I think the truffle is totally undervalued’?” M. T. Anderson lives in Boston, Massachusetts.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Seth on August 19, 2010

I'm rather surprised that The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing should be marketed to a young adult audience. Surprised and a little bit saddened. Saddened because I think the book deserves better and surprised for similar reasons. Octavian Nothing deserves an audience built of those who are thoug......more

Goodreads review by Chris on November 23, 2007

Octavian Nothing is a slave boy owned by a group of rationalist philosophers living in Revolutionary War-era Boston. Slowly, we learn that Octavian's upbringing, characterized by a rigorous classical education and musical training (in which he excels) regular measurment of such bodily functions as h......more

Goodreads review by N.K. on June 12, 2009

A hard one to read, since it wasn't so much a coming-of-age as a descent into hell. I was literally shocked into tears by the middle pages (you'll know which ones). Going to have to rebuild some emotional energy before I tackle book 2.......more

Goodreads review by Aerin on April 07, 2009

Winner of the 2006 National Book Award for Young People's Literature Boston Globe-Horn Book Award (2007) 2007 Printz Honor I read this book in early February of this year, but have been too timid to review it.  Now, with my review of The Obama Revolution by Alan Schaffer-Kennedy being posted tomorrow,......more

Goodreads review by Nick on September 07, 2008

In broad genre terms, it's a slave story, but it's a consummately weird one that flickers in and out of other genres and spheres of influence, the most notable encroachments being on the Gothic novel\* and the heroic literature of the American Revolution. The idea I keep turning around in my head is......more

Awards

  • Printz Honors
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