The Spectacular Now

This National Book Award Finalist is now a major motion picture -- one of the most buzzed-about films at Sundance 2013, starring Shailene Woodley (star of The Fault in our Stars and Divergent) and Miles Teller (star of Whiplash).

SUTTER KEELY. HES the guy you want at your party. Hell get everyone dancing. He ll get everyone in your parents pool. Okay, so hes not exactly a shining academic star. He has no plans for college and will probably end up folding mens shirts for a living. But there are plenty of ladies in town, and with the help of Dean Martin and Seagrams V.O., lifes pretty fabuloso, actually.

Until the morning he wakes up on a random front lawn, and he meets Aimee. Aimees clueless. Aimee is a social disaster. Aimee needs help, and its up to the Sutterman to show Aimee a splendiferous time and then let her go
forth and prosper. But Aimees not like other girls, and before long hes in way over his head. For the first time in his life, he has the power to make a difference in someone elses lifeor ruin it forever.


From the Hardcover edition.