Submarine

Submarine is the wickedly funny first novel by Joe DunthorneNOW AN ACCLAIMED FILM BY RICHARD AYOADEMeet Oliver Tate fifteen years old. Convinced that his father is depressed (Depression comes in bouts. Like boxing. Dad is in the blue corner) and his mother is having an affair with her capoeira teacher (a hippy-looking twonk) he embarks on a hilariously misguided campaign to bring the family back together. Meanwhile he is also trying to lose his virginity - before he turns sixteeen - to his pyromaniac girlfriend Jordana. Will Oliver succeed in either aim? Submerge yourself in Submarine and find out . . . Brilliant . . . laugh-out-loud enjoyable. The sharpest funniest rudest account of a troubled teenagers coming-of-age since The Catcher in the Rye IndependentA richly amusing tale of mock GCSEs sex death and challenging vocabulary . . . Excruciatingly funny incidents and cracking gags Time OutExcellent . . . the wonderful Day-Glo certainties of adolescence have rarely been so brilliantly laid out Independent on SundayPerfectly pitched . . . transplants The Catcher in the Rye to south Wales . . . Dunthorne can make you laugh like did during double physics on a wet Wednesday afternoon ObserverA brilliant first novel by a young man of ferocious comic talent The TimesJoe Dunthorne was born and brought up in Swansea. He is the author of Submarine which has been translated into fifteen languages and made into an acclaimed film directed by Richard Ayoade and Wild Abandon which won the 2012 Encore Award. His debut poetry pamphlet was published by Faber and Faber. He lives in London.www.joedunthorne.com Review A brilliant first novel by a young man of ferocious comic talent ―The TimesDunthorne captures the mores of Britain today better than novelists twice his age ―New StatesmanBrilliant . . . laugh-out-loud enjoyable. The sharpest funniest rudest account of a troubled teenagers coming-of-age sinceThe Catcher in the Rye ―IndependentTransplantsThe Catcher in the Rye to south Wales . . . Dunthorne can make you laugh like you did during double physics on a wet Wednesday afternoon ―ObserverA richly amusing tale of mock GCSEs sex death and challenging vocabulary . . . Excruciatingly funny incidents and cracking gags ―Time OutExcellent . . . the wonderful Day-Glo certainties of adolescence have rarely been so brilliantly laid out ―Independent on Sunday About the Author Joe Dunthorne was born and brought up in Swansea. He is the author of Submarine which has been translated into fifteen languages and made into an acclaimed film directed by Richard Ayoade and Wild Abandon which won the 2012 Encore Award. A collection of his poetry is published as Faber New Poets 5. He lives in London and The Adulterants is his third novel.www.joedunthorne.com