When Does "The Death and Life of August Sweeney" (2025) Take Place?
"The Death and Life of August Sweeney" is a historical fiction novel written by Samuel Ashworth that released March 20th, 2025. So when is "The Death and Life of August Sweeney" set?
It takes place in the year:
We know this because a very early moment of narration reads, ..."he'd come home and launched Sanglier in the middle of the restaurant apocalypse and turned it into a fucking beacon in the darkness." probably referring to the massive number of restaurants closed during the famous and tragic 2020 worldwide COVID-19 pandemic shutdown. So it is most likely after March of 2020 AD.
2022 AD
We know this because a very early moment of narration reads, ..."he'd come home and launched Sanglier in the middle of the restaurant apocalypse and turned it into a fucking beacon in the darkness." probably referring to the massive number of restaurants closed during the famous and tragic 2020 worldwide COVID-19 pandemic shutdown. So it is most likely after March of 2020 AD.
Furthermore, the very first page is August Sweeney's "FINAL AUTOPSY REPORT" dated for "1/8/2022 9:56 PM" under "Date/Time of Death" and "1/9/2022 8:30 AM" under "Date/Time of Autopsy". So it is January of 2022 AD at the beginning.
Additionally, the story includes many, many flashbacks.
