{"product_id":"superfan-9781250369666","title":"Superfan","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 honoree Jenny Tinghui Zhang, a novel about a pop idol and his superfan, whose stories shockingly collide \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFreshman Minnie is adrift at college in Austin, Texas, when she discovers a boy band called HOURglass and the online forums that worship them. She especially loves Halo, whose sharp edges feel somehow familiar. After a brief romance goes painfully awry, Minnie pours everything into her new fandom, clinging to each livestream and bonding with other fans online. But when a scandal threatens to expose Halo to harm, Minnie decides that she is the only one who can save him. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eExcept Halo's secret is darker than anything the tabloids could imagine. Before he was a superstar heartthrob, he was Eason: a high school dropout haunted by a tragic accident. When he is recruited for HOURglass, it feels like a chance to become someone else. And when he is onstage in front of his fans, he can almost forget the horrors of his past--until one of those very fans threatens to destroy everything. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDazzling, entrancing, and deeply heartfelt, \u003ci\u003eSuperfan\u003c\/i\u003e is about fandom in all its magic and its terror, and the extreme lengths to which we go to rid ourselves of loneliness.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eZhang, Jenny Tinghui:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cb\u003eJenny Tinghui Zhang\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eSuperfan\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFour Treasures of the Sky\u003c\/i\u003e, named an Idaho Book of the Year and short- and longlisted for the Chautauqua Prize, the Dublin Literary Award, the Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction, and the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award. Her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Cut, Foreign Policy, The New York Times, Texas Highways\u003c\/i\u003e, and elsewhere. She is a National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 honoree and has received support from Yaddo, Kundiman, VONA\/Voices, Tin House, and the University of Wyoming, where she completed her MFA.","brand":"Flatiron Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51986446680338,"sku":"9781250369666","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7caa9dd1-fc56-40e7-9f3e-44ad95cb293e.jpg?v=1769593148","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/superfan-9781250369666","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}