Praised by The New York Times as a “novelist of great seriousness and talent,” author Matt Haig delivers an unlikely story about human nature and the joy found in the messiness of life on Earth. He begins to see hope and beauty in the humans’ imperfection, and begins to question the very mission that brought him there. Slowly, unexpectedly, he forges bonds with Martin’s family. Disguised as Martin, he drinks wine, reads poetry, develops an ear for rock music, and a taste for peanut butter. But as time goes on, he starts to realize there may be more to this strange species than he had thought. He is disgusted by the way humans look, what they eat, their capacity for murder and war, and is equally baffled by the concepts of love and family. Taking the form of Professor Andrew Martin, a prominent mathematician at Cambridge University, the visitor is eager to complete the gruesome task assigned him and hurry home to his own utopian planet, where everyone is omniscient and immortal. When an extra-terrestrial visitor arrives on Earth, his first impressions of the human species are less than positive.
The bestselling, award-winning author of The Midnight Library offers his funniest, most devastating dark comedy yet, a “silly, sad, suspenseful, and soulful” ( Philadelphia Inquirer) novel that’s “full of heart” ( Entertainment Weekly).
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