I laughed my guts out at several points.Very unpretentious,self-effacing and informative.
It is almost painful to read about the histrionic of Oliver Tate,at some intervals.
But great book.....I wasn't too keen on buying this one but it is wonderful.
Beautiful imagery,amazing descriptions of a hormone ridden teenage mind.
It reads slowly and can be very rewarding if paid great attention to.Rich in content and high on laugh quotient.Characters are very fleshed-out.People are accused of being p...

I had watched the movie and really liked it. And as the trend generally goes, books are better than the movies. So, after watching the movie (more than once), i was very excited to be finally reading the book. However, somehow, i was disappointed. The writing was not as humorous as the movie was or even as humorous as the reviews claimed. It may be because i am not used to the kind of humour that Dunthorne writes, or that the movie was directed a lot better.

So, if you want to read the book...

Loved the movie, loving the book too

A surprisingly poignant novel. I first heard of it when I was going thought the the tacks that it's composer had produced for the screen adaption. I soon had to get my hands on the book and received it in a matter of days via Flipkart.
Joe Dunthorne surprised me with his lack of pretentious prose.
Oliver Tate is an awkward high-school bully who is attracted by his pyromaniac girlfriend's emotional detachment.
It contains rudely hilarious one-liners and striking observations of what would app...