Try Not to Be Strange

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The first complete history of Redonda, a century-old literary fantasy world and actual island/former guano mine. Hybrid genres: part history, part travelogue, part literary investigation, and part memoir, The Kingdom of Redonda is a contemporary survey of (and interviews with) the many people who, today, believe themselves to be the island's "true" king/queen. Backstory: Hingston had searched for a comprehensive history of Redonda ever since he read Javier Marias's All Souls in 2013, and discovered the legend. By 2017, he realized no one else would write, so he decided to pursue his obsession. Editorial comps include David Grann's Lost City of Z is another historical work that pivots into a first-person quest narrative, Nicholson Baker's U and I, an unpredictable literary study in which the narrator becomes quickly, inexorably tangled up in his subject, Adam Levin Becker's Many Subtle Channels, about the Oulipo, an engaging overview of an odd corner of literature that many casual readers may not be familiar with. Includes images, both the author's travel photos and reproductions of historical documents. Hingston's journalism has appeared in National Geographic, Wired, Washington Post, and elsewhere. He is co-publisher at Hingston & Olsen Publishing, a micropress known for its beautifully designed and produced limited editions, e.g. the Short Story Advent Calendar.