Landscape with Invisible Hand: List 1

This satirical novel interrogates art, prejudice, and what it means to be human. After Earth is invaded by aliens obsessed with 1950s culture, fifteen-year-old Adam and his family struggle to make ends meet. To earn money, Adam and his girlfriend Chloe package their romance as a reality show for the entertainment of the invaders.

This list covers the following chapters: "A Small Town Under the Stars"–"Us Running Hand in Hand Through Grasses, Maybe Wheat."

Here are links to our lists for the novel: List 1, List 2, List 3, List 4

Here are links to our lists for other works by M.T. Anderson: Feed, The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge, The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing (Volume 1), The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing (Volume 2)

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