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SUBMARINE by JOE DUNTHORNE
Category: Fiction | Series: Random House Movie Tie-In Books
At once a self-styled social scientist, a spy in the baffling adult world, and a budding, hormone-driven emotional explorer, Oliver Tate is stealthily nosing his way forward through the murky and uniquely perilous waters of adolescence. His objectives? Uncovering the secrets behind his parents' teeterin ...Show more
Submarine by Joe Dunthorne
Category: Fiction
Meet Oliver Tate, 15. 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. Mean ...Show more
Submarine by Joe Dunthorne
Category: Fiction | Series: Penguin Essentials Ser.
NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE - " Dunthorne's] precocious talent and cheerful fondness for the teenage male are showcased in Submarine. . . . Oliver's voice is funny and dead-on."--The New York Times Book Review (Editors' Choice) At once a self-styled social scientist, a spy in the baffling adult world ...Show more
Submarine by Joe Dunthorne
Category: Fiction
Meet Oliver Tate, 15. 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. Mean ...Show more
The Adulterants by Joe Dunthorne
Category: Fiction
Ray's life is not going to plan. He's just cheated on his heavily pregnant wife. He secretly despises all of his friends. His career as a freelance tech journalist is dismal and he spends his afternoons churning out listicles in his pants. But Ray is about to learn that no matter how low you sink, thing ...Show more
The Adulterants by Joe Dunthorne
Category: Fiction
For readers of Roddy Doyle, Nick Hornby, and Mark Haddon, The Adulterants is a piercingly funny--and cringingly poignant--take on how hard it is to grow up and how hard it is when you don't. Ray Morris is a tech journalist with a forgettable face, a tiresome manner, a small but dedicated group of frien ...Show more
Wild Abandon by Joe Dunthorne
Category: Fiction
The last day on earth is coming. Bring your own booze. Kate and Albert, sister and brother, are not yet the last two human beings on earth, but Albert has high hopes. The secluded communal farm they grew up on is - after twenty years - disintegrating, along with their parents' marriage. They both try to ...Show more
Wild Abandon by Joe Dunthorne
Category: Fiction
Kate and Albert, sister and brother, are not yet the last two human beings on earth, but Albert is hopeful. The secluded communal farm they grew up on is - after twenty years - disintegrating, taking their parents' marriage with it. They both try to escape: Kate, at seventeen, to a suburbia she knows on ...Show more
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