{"product_id":"9780241955154","title":"Joe Dunthorne - Submarine","description":"\u003cp\u003eWritten by Joe Dunthorne. Themes include Fiction, Humorous, Literary, Media Tie-In, Coming of Age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSubmarine is the wickedly funny first novel by Joe Dunthorne \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow An Acclaimed Film By Richard Ayoade \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMeet 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 \u003ci\u003eSubmarine\u003c\/i\u003e and find out . . . \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Brilliant . . . laugh-out-loud enjoyable. The sharpest, funniest, rudest account of a troubled teenager's coming-of-age since \u003ci\u003eThe Catcher in the Rye' Independent\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A richly amusing tale of mock Gcses, sex, death and challenging vocabulary . . . Excruciatingly funny incidents and cracking gags' \u003ci\u003eTime Out\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Excellent . . . the wonderful, Day-Glo certainties of adolescence have rarely been so brilliantly laid out' \u003ci\u003eIndependent on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Perfectly pitched . . . transplants \u003ci\u003eThe Catcher in the Rye\u003c\/i\u003e to south Wales . . . Dunthorne can make you laugh like did during double physics on a wet Wednesday afternoon' \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'A brilliant first novel by a young man of ferocious comic talent' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJoe Dunthorne was born and brought up in Swansea. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eSubmarine\u003c\/i\u003e, which has been translated into fifteen languages and made into an acclaimed film directed by Richard Ayoade, and \u003ci\u003eWild Abandon\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the 2012 Encore Award. His debut poetry pamphlet was published by Faber and Faber. He lives in London. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewww.joedunthorne.com\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAll books at Vastela are pre-owned. Condition varies from good to near-new. No book is sold in unacceptable condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vastela Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58186666344822,"sku":null,"price":4.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0707\/7144\/1981\/files\/9780241955154.jpg?v=1782912275","url":"https:\/\/www.vastelabooks.com\/products\/9780241955154","provider":"Vastela Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}