num_pages: 149
description: When the vuvv first landed it came as a surprise to aspiring artist Adam and the rest of planet Earth - but not necessarily an unwelcome one. Can it really be called an invasion when the vuvv generously offered free advanced technology and cures for every illness imaginable? As it turns out yes. With his parents' jobs replaced by alien tech and no money for food clean water or the vuvv's miraculous medicine Adam and his girlfriend Chloe have to get creative to survive. And since the vuvv crave anything they deem classic Earth culture (doo-wop music still-life paintings of fruit true love) recording 1950s-style dates for the vuvv to watch in a pay-per-minute format seems like a brilliant idea. But it's hard for Adam and Chloe to sell true love when they hate each other more with every passing episode. Soon enough Adam must decide how far he's willing to go - and what he's willing to sacrifice - to give the vuvv what they want.
language: English
title: Landscape with Invisible Hand
publisher: Candlewick Press