Joe Dunthorne
Hardcover | Pages: 320 pages Rating: 3.76 | 8727 Users | 645 Reviews
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| Title | : | Submarine |
| Author | : | Joe Dunthorne |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 320 pages |
| Published | : | March 25th 2008 by Random House (first published 2008) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Young Adult. Contemporary. Coming Of Age |
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The dryly precocious, soon-to-be-fifteen-year-old hero of this engagingly offbeat debut novel, Oliver Tate lives in the seaside town of Swansea, Wales. At once a self-styled social scientist, a spy in the baffling adult world surrounding him, and a budding, hormone-driven emotional explorer, Oliver is stealthily (and perhaps a bit more nervously than he’d ever admit) nosing his way forward through the murky and uniquely perilous waters of adolescence. His objectives? Uncovering the secrets behind his parents’ teetering marriage, unraveling the mystery that is his alluring and equally quirky classmate Jordana Bevan, and understanding where he fits in among the pansexuals, Zoroastrians, and other mystifying, fascinating beings in his orbit. “It’s in my interests to know about my parents’ mental problems,” he reasons. Thus, when he discovers that his affable dad is quietly struggling with depression, Oliver marshals all the daytime-TV pop-psychology wisdom at his command–not to mention his formidable, uninhibited powers of imagination–in order to put things right again. But a covert expedition into the mysterious territory of middle-aged malaise is bound to be tricky business for a teenager with more to learn about the agonies and ecstasies of life than a pocket thesaurus and his “worldly” school chum Chips can teach him. Ready or not, however, Oliver is about to get a crash course. His awkwardly torrid and tender relationship with Jordana is hurtling at the speed of teenage passion toward the inevitable magic moment . . . and whatever lies beyond. And his boy-detective exploits have set him on a collision course with the New Age old flame who’s resurfaced in his mother’s life to lead her into temptation with lessons in surfing, self-defense . . . and maybe seduction. Struggling to buoy his parents’ wedded bliss, deep-six his own virginity, and sound the depths of heartache, happiness, and the business of being human, what’s a lad to do? Poised precariously on the cusp of innocence and experience, yesterday’s daydreams and tomorrow’s decisions, Oliver Tate aims to damn the torpedoes and take the plunge.Particularize Books Toward Submarine
| Original Title: | Submarine |
| ISBN: | 1400066832 (ISBN13: 9781400066834) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize Nominee for Comic Fiction (2008) |
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Ratings: 3.76 From 8727 Users | 645 ReviewsCommentary Appertaining To Books Submarine
you'll love this book if you're into:- homophobia - sexism - racism- fatphobia - abuse (gender violence) apology - abuse (bullying) apology- rape apology - pedophilia-related jokes- religion-related jokesOliver Tate is a Welsh teenager with a penchant for theatrics and complicated words. He is our narrator. Our author, Joe Dunthorne, punctuates his book with clever turns of phrases, keeps his sentences succinct and uses natural phrases that flow together well. His writing is fantastic. He gives Oliver such a unique voice, making this entertaining and easy to read. But there's an errant sadness that runs through this book. Oliver is coming of age and realizing that he cannot control his
I picked this up in a bookstore because it was at a discounted price and the first few pages really caught my attention. Oliver Tate as a smart albeit eccentric teenager struck a chord with me, and at first I felt I could relate to the character. I enjoyed the character's analytical view of the world around him and the humour that comes with it, but that's about where it ends.Oliver Tate does things which most teenagers may threaten to do after an argument, but would never dream of doing in real
I was introduced to the novel through Ayoade's magnificent film adaptation. But the book met my fairly high expectations! I laughed throughout. Dunthorne has a talent for description and similes. The protagonist, Oliver, is an introspective, intelligent 16 year old who struggles to understand the motives and desires of others. He consistently fails in his attempts of psychologically adjusting his parents and girlfriend to how he feels the world should be arranged. Oliver is a submarine that
Maybe it's just me but doesn't everything get compared to The Catcher in the Rye? A modern day version, a version crossed with Godzilla, Holden Caulfield on speed, best thing since sliced Salinger? I choose to discount these comparisons for three reasons: hyperbole, im always disappointed and most importantly, I distinctly remember finally reading it and wondering what all the fuss was about.Joe Dunthorne's debut novel about teenage angst, alienation and rebellion in Swansea in the late 1990's
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Ever wondered what it would be like if Wes Anderson got drunk on vodka and watched the entire box set of The Inbetweeners in one night?Reader meet Submarine. Submarine meet reader.Aah, and herein lies the conundrum.For I really dislike The Inbetweeners (I know, I know I have received many a horrified glare when I have divulged this information. I just dont find it funny because Im a horrible, stuffy prude) but I adore Wes Anderson.This could have gone either way and I think I knew this risk
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