An Absolutely Remarkable Thing - Hank Green

In his much-anticipated debut novel, Hank Green - co-creator of
Crash Course, Vlogbrothers and SciShow - spins a sweeping, cinematic
tale about a young woman who becomes an overnight celebrity before
realising 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 armour - 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 centre 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 radicalisation; 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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Here's what people have been saying about Hank's book:

'A fun, contemporary adventure that cares about who we are as humans, especially when faced with remarkable events' Kirkus (starred review)

'An Absolutely Remarkable Thing is pure book joy' Lev Grossman, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Magicians Trilogy

'Fun and full of truth. To be honest, I'm a little irritated at how good the book is. I don't need this kind of competition' Patrick Rothfuss, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Kingkiller Chronicles