Spud - The Madness Continues ... - Softcover

Van De Ruit, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0143025201 ISBN 13: 9780143025207

Publisher: Penguin Books (South Africa), 2007

Synopsis

The year is 1991, and Spud Milton's long walk to manhood is still creeping along at an unnervingly slow pace. Approaching the ripe old age of fifteen and still with no signs of the much anticipated ball-drop, Spud is coming to terms with the fact that he may well be a freak of nature. With a mother hell-bent on emigrating, a father making a killing out of selling homemade moonshine, and a demented grandmother called Wombat, the new year seems to offer little except extreme embarrassment and more mortifying Milton madness. But Spud is returning to a boarding school where he is no longer the youngest or the smallest. His dormitory mates, known as the Crazy Eight, have an unusual new member and his house has a new clutch of first years (the Normal Seven). If Spud thinks his second year will be a breeze, however, he is seriously mistaken. He is soon beset with women trouble, coerced into misguided late night adventures, and finds his dreams of a famous career on the stage in tatters after landing the part of the Dove of Peace in a disastrous house play production of Noah's Ark. Hilarious, bitter-sweet, tragic and real, join Spud as he takes another tentative step forward while all around him the madness continues.

About this title

About the Author

John van de Ruit is an actor, playwright and author who was educated at Michaelhouse and received a Masters degree in Drama and Performance studies from the University of KwaZulu-Natal. His debut novel, Spud, is a publishing phenomenon in South Africa, smashing all local fiction records. http://www.spudbooks.co.za

Edition details

• Publisher: Penguin Books (South Africa)
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0143025201
• ISBN 13: 9780143025207
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 341