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