Spud (Spud #1) - A wickedly funny novel

John van de Ruit

Penguin Books

2010

389 páginas

12h 58m

ISBN-13: 9780143527329

It's South Africa 1990. Two major events are about to happen: The release of Nelson Mandela and, more importantly, it's Spud Milton's first year at a boys only high school. Cursed with parents from well beyond the lunatic fringe, a senile granny, and a dormitory full of strange lunatics, Spud has his hands full trying to adapt to his new surroundings. Surrounded by names such as Gecko, Rambo, Rain Man and Mad Dog, Spud takes his first tentative steps along the path towards manhood. Armed with only his wits and his diary, Spud takes us from illegal night swimming to the cricket pitch, from ghostbusting to a catastrophic family travel. He also invites us into the mind of a boy struggling to come to terms with a strange new world; a boy whose eyes are crooked and being opened to love, friendship, and complete insanity.