An Absolutely Remarkable Thing: A Novel Audiobook (Free)

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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.

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Roaming through New York City at three a.m., twenty-three-year-old Apr May stumbles across a giant sculpture. Delighted by its about An Absolutely Impressive Thing: A Novel appearance and craftsmanship–like a ten-foot-tall Transformer wearing a match of samurai armor–April and her friend, Andy, make a video with it, which Andy uploads to YouTube. The very next day, Apr wakes up to a viral video and a new life. News quickly spreads that we now have Carls in a large number of cities around the world–from Beijing to Buenos Aires–and April, as their first documentarian, discovers herself at the guts of a rigorous international media limelight.

Seizing the opportunity to create her mark for the world, April now must deal with the consequences her new particular brand of fame is wearing her relationships, her safety, and her have identity. And everything eyes are on April to figure out not just what the Carls are, but what they need from us.

Compulsively entertaining and powerfully relevant, A TRULY Remarkable Thing grapples with big themes, including how the social internet is changing fame, rhetoric, and radicalization; how our tradition deals with fear and uncertainty; and exactly how vilification and adoration springtime for the same dehumanization that follows a existence in the general public eye. The beginning of an exciting fiction career, An Absolutely Remarkable Thing can be a vivid and insightful novel of right now.