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An Absolutely Remarkable Thing
Hank Green
Dutton
October 2018
On Sale: September 25, 2018
368 pages
ISBN: 1524743445
EAN: 9781524743444
Kindle: B0796DR2XV
Hardcover / e-Book
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Science Fiction
In his much-anticipated debut novel, Hank
Green--cocreator of Crash Course, Vlogbrothers, and
SciShow--spins a sweeping, cinematic tale about a young
woman who becomes an overnight celebrity before realizing
she's part of something bigger, and stranger, than anyone
could have possibly imagined. The Carls just appeared. Coming home from work at three
a.m., twenty-three-year-old April May stumbles across a
giant sculpture. Delighted by its appearance and
craftsmanship--like a ten-foot-tall Transformer wearing a
suit of samurai armor--April and her friend Andy make a
video with it, which Andy uploads to YouTube. The next day
April wakes up to a viral video and a new life. News quickly
spreads that there are Carls in dozens of cities around the
world--everywhere from Beijing to Buenos Aires--and April,
as their first documentarian, finds herself at the center of
an intense international media spotlight. Now April has to deal with the pressure on her
relationships, her identity, and her safety that this new
position brings, all while being on the front lines of the
quest to find out not just what the Carls are, but what they
want from us. Compulsively entertaining and powerfully relevant, An
Absolutely Remarkable Thing grapples with big themes,
including how the social internet is changing fame,
rhetoric, and radicalization; how our culture deals with
fear and uncertainty; and how vilification and adoration
spring from the same dehumanization that follows a life in
the public eye.
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