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 ...This is the second book in the record-breaking Spud series and the sequel to Spud. The third title is Spud - Learning to Fly.
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Penguin Random House South Africa
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Für Kinder
Für Jugendliche
Interest Age: From 13 years
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978-0-14-302726-3 (9780143027263)
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John van de Ruit was born in Durban, South Africa and educated at Michaelhouse and the University of Natal, where he completed a Masters degree in Drama and Performance. He is an actor, playwright, producer and writer. His first novel, Spud, has sold record numbers in South Africa and has been published around the globe. When he's not writing, John can be found backpacking and travelling.
