The Sot Weed Factor

This novel is a wild, satirical adventure set in the late 17th century, following Ebenezer Cooke, an awkward English poet sent to colonial Maryland to tend his father’s tobacco business and produce an epic poem. Along the way he endures misadventures, identity mix‑ups, political intrigue, pirates, and humorous but biting reflections on innocence, history, and colonial life.