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A beautiful, funny, vital novel of teenage years and teenage mistakes from the international phenomenon, Karl Ove Knausgaard.

* Karl Ove Knausgaard''s dazzling new novel, The Morning Star, is available to pre-order now *

Fresh out of high school, Karl Ove moves to a remote fishing village to work as a teacher. He has no interest in the job itself - or in any other job for that matter, his sole aim is to save money and start writing.

All goes well to begin with but as the nights grow longer, his life takes a darker turn. Drinking causes him blackouts, his repeated attempts at losing his virginity end in humiliation, and to his own great distress he develops romantic feelings towards one of his 13-year-old students. And all the while the shadow of his father looms large.

''Beautifully human... Being drawn into Knausgaard''s world is an ineluctable pleasure''
The Times



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Fires every nerve ending while summoning in the reader the sheer sense of how amazing it is to be alive -- Jeffrey Eugenides * New York Times *

Dancing in the Dark

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    A Paperback / softback by Karl Ove Knausgaard, Don Bartlett

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Vintage
      Published 1 October 2015
      ISBN-13 9780099581529
      978-0099581529
      ISBN-10 0099581523

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      A beautiful, funny, vital novel of teenage years and teenage mistakes from the international phenomenon, Karl Ove Knausgaard.

      * Karl Ove Knausgaard''s dazzling new novel, The Morning Star, is available to pre-order now *

      Fresh out of high school, Karl Ove moves to a remote fishing village to work as a teacher. He has no interest in the job itself - or in any other job for that matter, his sole aim is to save money and start writing.

      All goes well to begin with but as the nights grow longer, his life takes a darker turn. Drinking causes him blackouts, his repeated attempts at losing his virginity end in humiliation, and to his own great distress he develops romantic feelings towards one of his 13-year-old students. And all the while the shadow of his father looms large.

      ''Beautifully human... Being drawn into Knausgaard''s world is an ineluctable pleasure''
      The Times



      Trade Review
      Fires every nerve ending while summoning in the reader the sheer sense of how amazing it is to be alive -- Jeffrey Eugenides * New York Times *

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