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by Joe Dunthorne (Author) "It is Sunday morning ..." (more)
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  • Hardcover: 304 pages
  • Publisher: Hamish Hamilton (7 Feb 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0241143969
  • ISBN-13: 978-0241143964
  • Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.8 x 3.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 81,141 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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The Independent

"This first novel by a young Welsh poet is the sharpest, funniest, rudest account of a periodically troubled teenager's coming-of-age since The Catcher in the Rye... This brilliant novel is laugh-out-loud enjoyable"


The Guardian

"Joe Dunthorne's cheerfully peculiar 15-year old narrator is a worthy successor to Adrian Mole...Funny, in a deadpan way. This feels like an authentic portrait of someone floundering around in an attempt to discover his own identity as he grows up"
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12 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A brilliant mischievous read, 5 Feb 2008
This is easily one of the best novels I've read in years. Oliver Tate is the perfect teen hero, a character who knows oh so much about the adult world but has oh so much yet to learn.

Generously overflowing with wicked humour, it chronicles a life-changing mishap year in which Oliver attempts to save his parent's marriage, lose his virginity, keep his girlfriend, and become a man. It is a celebration of delusion and insight, worldliness and innocence, and the everyday challenges of growing up with, or despite, one's family.

Besides a great plot that keeps the pages turning, I found this book hilariously funny. And however easy he is to identify with, Oliver is a one-off - a really distinctive voice from a very talented writer.

Apart from being smart and funny and true, it's a lot of fun: think A Curious Incident meets Skins. Recommend you give Submarine a spin.
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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars dive in!, 12 Mar 2008
By tcbunstead (London, UK) - See all my reviews
One of the very few young English fiction writers who seem genuinely to matter.

The humour is dark, the voice secure, the plot tight. The poetic vision is what constantly startles, without saturating the reader - it makes me think of Craig Raine or a very funny version of a young Pasternak when the protagonist sees carrots that have been boiled for so long they're 'slightly out of focus'. Yes!

Read this book!
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8 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A great debut novel, 13 Feb 2008
By John Boyne (Dublin, Ireland) - See all my reviews
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Submarine is a very witty and frequently moving debut novel, one of those books where the narrator's voice stays in your head long after you've turned the last page. I particularly enjoyed the sections set at the retreat. Dunthorne avoids the obvious trap of making Oliver too saint-like; the reader likes him at times and wants to slap him at other times. In other words, he's real. Buy it, read it. You'll love it.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Picks you up, then puts you down again.
I'm about two thirds of the way through Submarine, and thought I'd pause, briefly, to decide whether or not I'm enjoying it. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Bought It

4.0 out of 5 stars Funny and touching - it's the real deal
Wonderful! Funny, wry, ironic and honest to the core, this is the youth-culture pinned down and exposed with all its tics, scratches and identifying marks writ large. Read more
Published 2 months ago by E. Shaw

4.0 out of 5 stars Has Its Moments ... But Lacks A Certain Something
It may have been because I was reading this alongside the headspinning, quantum theory-heavy "The End Of Mr Y' by Scarlett Thomas, that I found this a bit of a slight, frothy,... Read more
Published 2 months ago by O. Mansell

5.0 out of 5 stars Buy It!
I enjoyed this book so much, it's a pleasure spending time with the unsentimental but touching narrator. Read more
Published 3 months ago by M. FOX

5.0 out of 5 stars A stunning debut by a supremely gifted writer
Finally! A book that can stand shoulder to shoulder with Martin Amis's the Rachel Papers (which, if you loved Submarine, you must also read). Read more
Published 6 months ago by Lynne Barrett-lee

5.0 out of 5 stars read it now!
Hilarious, touching and fresh, this is a hard-to-pin down coming of age tale with an infectiously lateral voice!
Published 9 months ago by I. Klein

4.0 out of 5 stars A nice surprise
When I got this out of the library, the librarian opened it to stamp it and said, ` oh I tried reading this and I hated it. Read more
Published 18 months ago by NB

5.0 out of 5 stars Good enough to eat.
What I like about this book is it shows you what it's doing. And it's beautifully written. Some pages are so good you could rip'em out and eat'em.
Published 20 months ago by Ann Marie

3.0 out of 5 stars I will help the blind across the road
Joe Dunthorne's "Submarine" is ok - I read it all the way through. But it definitely loses its way about a third of the way through. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Alex DeLarge

5.0 out of 5 stars A hilarious first novel
I love this book. I love Oliver Tate, I imagine that if I am ever lucky enough to meet him, that i would also love Joe Dunthorne. Read more
Published 21 months ago by Jam

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