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A review by dylanjamesbell
The Adulterants by Joe Dunthorne
5.0
Ludicrously funny and proper tragic. I sort of hate how good this is, and how good Joe Dunthorne is.
Whilst I think the expected chuckles-per-minute (xCPM) is lower than Submarine, I think this is a more impressive book, purely because the central characters are all 30/40-something and they have more battle scars, and should be better equipped to deal with the trauma they face. Oliver Tate could just be weird if he wanted with little consequence. These guys, less so.
It’s early days in my reading career but Joe Dunthorne is now firmly on my Mount Rushmore.
Whilst I think the expected chuckles-per-minute (xCPM) is lower than Submarine, I think this is a more impressive book, purely because the central characters are all 30/40-something and they have more battle scars, and should be better equipped to deal with the trauma they face. Oliver Tate could just be weird if he wanted with little consequence. These guys, less so.
It’s early days in my reading career but Joe Dunthorne is now firmly on my Mount Rushmore.