Armed with only his wits and his diary, the author takes us from illegal nightswimming to the cricket field, from ghostbusting to teacher baiting. 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 being opened to love, friendship and complete insanity.
John van de Ruit Libri
John Howard van de Ruit è un autore sudafricano celebrato per la sua narrazione spiritosa e perspicace. Le sue opere spesso approfondiscono le complessità della crescita e le osservazioni sociali, rese con un distintivo tocco comico. La voce narrativa unica di Van de Ruit ha ottenuto un notevole riconoscimento, rendendo i suoi libri i preferiti dai lettori che cercano letteratura intelligente e divertente. La sua scrittura offre un'esplorazione avvincente della natura umana e dei paesaggi sociali in cui abitiamo.
It's 1991, and John "Spud" Milton's journey to manhood is still creeping along at a snail's pace. Nearly fifteen, Spud's starting his second year at boarding school and, to his utter mortification, he's still a spud.But life at school's about to get a whole lot worse, and even more insanity awaits him this time around, from unrequited love to the most catastrophic school play in history Join Spud as he takes another tentative step forward, while all around him the madness continues...