Submarine
Submarine
paperback
Published:
5 February, 2009
Description
Prizes
Commended for Desmond Elliott Prize 2008. Shortlisted for Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize 2008.
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780141032757 |
| ISBN10 | 0141032758 |
| Number Of Pages | 304 |
| Item Weight | 204 g |
| Product Dimensions | 18 x 198 x 129 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Penguin |
| Format | paperback |
Media Reviews
'A brilliant first novel by a young man of ferocious comic talent' The Times 'Transplants The Catcher in the Rye to south Wales . . . Dunthorne can make you laugh like you did during double physics on a wet Wednesday afternoon' Observer
Dunthorne captures the mores of Britain today better than novelists twice his age. He is sure to write books that declare more than their vocabulary * New Statesman *
Brilliant . . . laugh-out-loud enjoyable. The sharpest, funniest, rudest account of a troubled teenager's coming-of-age since The Catcher in the Rye * Independent *
'A brilliant first novel by a young man of ferocious comic talent' The Times 'Transplants The Catcher in the Rye to south Wales . . . Dunthorne can make you laugh like you did during double physics on a wet Wednesday afternoon' Observer
Dunthorne captures the mores of Britain today better than novelists twice his age. He is sure to write books that declare more than their vocabulary * New Statesman *
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Author's Bio
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. Joe Dunthorne lives in London and The Adulterants is his third novel.www.joedunthorne.com