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Description for Skippy Dies
Paperback. Ruprecht Van Doren is an overweight genius whose hobbies include very difficult maths and the Search of Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence. Daniel 'Skippy' Juster is his roommate. In the grand old Dublin institution that is Seabrook College for Boys, nobody pays either of them much attention. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 197 x 31. Weight in Grams: 458.
Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2010
'A triumph. Brimful of wit and narrative energy' Sunday Times
'Novels rarely come as funny and as moving as this. One of the finest comic novels written anywhere' Irish Times
Ruprecht Van Doren is an overweight genius whose hobbies include very difficult maths and the Search of Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence. Daniel 'Skippy' Juster is his roommate. 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, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
672
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141009957
SKU
V9780141009957
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Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
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99-99
About Paul Murray
Paul Murray was born in Dublin in 1975 and is the author of An Evening of Long Goodbyes, Skippy Dies, The Mark and the Void and The Bee Sting. An Evening of Long Goodbyes was shortlisted for the Whitbread First Novel Award and nominated for the Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award. Skippy Dies was shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award ... Read more
Reviews for Skippy Dies
Savagely funny, brimful of wit, energy, poetry and vision, unflaggingly entertaining. A triumph
Sunday Times
One of the most enjoyable, funny and moving reads of this year. A rare tragicomedy that's both genuinely tragic and genuinely comic
Guardian
Darkly comic, dazzles, every line drips ideas for fun. Unputdownably funny, captivating. A masterpiece
Metro
Ambitious, ... Read more
Sunday Times
One of the most enjoyable, funny and moving reads of this year. A rare tragicomedy that's both genuinely tragic and genuinely comic
Guardian
Darkly comic, dazzles, every line drips ideas for fun. Unputdownably funny, captivating. A masterpiece
Metro
Ambitious, ... Read more