The Strange Fascinations of Noah Hypnotik — David Arnold

This is Noah Oakman -- sixteen, Bowie believer, concise historian, disillusioned swimmer, son, brother, friend.

Then Noah -- gets hypnotized.

Now Noah -- sees changes: his mother has a scar on her face that wasn't there before; his old dog, who once walked with a limp, is suddenly lithe; his best friend, a lifelong DC Comics disciple, now rotates in the Marvel universe. Subtle behaviors, bits of history, plans for the future -- everything in Noah's world has been rewritten. Everything except his Strange Fascinations...

A stunning surrealist portrait, The Strange Fascinations of Noah Hypnotik is a story about all the ways we hurt our friends without knowing it, and all the ways they stick around to save us.