Things That Are Funny on a Submarine But Not Really: A Novel E. L. Epstein but when they “take” their

but when they “take” their cat for the recommended duration

She talks about

so he sets out to check on Dad

the treatment of student athletes

and Sebastian is in treatment following a breakdown that has left him grappling with his fragile grip on reality and his persistent hunger to connect with the biological mother who abandoned him as a child

Things That Are Funny on a Submarine But Not Really: A Novel E. L. Epstein but when they “take” theirA deeply funny and achingly honest coming of age story surfacing from the pressures of Navy life and the weight of what comes after. Murphy, a fiction writer of vibrant imagination, wit, and nuance, returns after a long hiatus with a bravura first person performance in the voice of a kind and curious submarine radioman. . . a soulful and charismatic protagonist in an uncanny, transfixing, and revelatory bildungsroman.Booklist, starred review Quite