****THE INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ****
"Sparkling with mystery, humor and the uncanny, this is a fun read. But
beneath its effervescent tone, more complex themes are at play."
--San Francisco Chronicle
In his wildly entertaining 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.
Roaming through New York City 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 best 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--from Beijing to Buenos Aires--and
April, as their first documentarian, finds herself at the center of an
intense international media spotlight.
Seizing the opportunity to make her mark on the world, April now has to
deal with the consequences her new particular brand of fame has on her
relationships, her safety, and her own identity. And all eyes are on
April to figure 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 for the same dehumanization that follows a life in the public
eye. The beginning of an exciting fiction career, An Absolutely
Remarkable Thing is a bold and insightful novel of now.
