© Belfond, 2013
Ruprecht Van Doren is an overweight genius whose hobbies include very difficult maths and the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence. His roommate is Daniel 'Skippy' Juster, so nicknamed because of his unfortunate resemblance to a certain TV kangaroo. In the grand old Dublin institution that is Seabrook College for Boys, nobody pays either of them much attention. But when Skippy falls for Lori, the Frisbee-playing siren from the girls' school next door, suddenly all kinds of people take an interest - including Carl, part-time drug-dealer and official school psychopath. A tragic comedy, Skippy Dies scours the corners of the human heart and wrings every drop of pathos, humour and hopelessness out of life, love, Robert Graves, mermaids, M-theory, and everything in between.
Hamish Hamilton 2010
Translated into: Italian, German, Dutch, Norwegian, Russian, French
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