When a radical think tank clones America’s founding fathers, The Boys from Brazil meets the bicentennial in this ingeniously satirical mashup of U.S. history, cloning, and technocracy gone terribly wrong.
The trouble starts when a curious teenager, Benjamin, finds an iPhone in his privy. The problem is, it’s supposed to be 1750.
Ben takes his discovery to his brothers—Thomas, John, and George. The boys have been raised in isolation on an island plantation by a firm but kind woman, Mary Libertas. All four of them chafe at Mary’s restrictions upon them—especially Thomas, who has impregnated yet another servant.
Meanwhile, their de facto father figure, Jeff Hancock, complains to the shadowy Antediluvian Society that it is past the time to explain to the boys where they come from and what they must do: Run America the way it used to be run.
In this more-than-slightly-absurdist novella, Philip K. Dick Award–winning author Meg Elison (Find Layla) skewers those looking to an idyllic past to solve the problems they continue to create.
The Founding Fathers are not ready—or willing—to save America for the wealthy again. This satirical science-fiction novella is a thought-provoking juxtaposition of a cloning experiment with “patriotism” gone terribly wrong Meg Elison is the winner of the Philip K. Dick Award-winning novel The Book of EttaPromotion at major trade and genre conventions; book launch, NYC and national tour, readings, and signings; features, interviews, and reviews in historical, literary and genre venues; ARC galley distribution; co-op advertising available
