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...
John van de Ruit Poradie kníh (chronologicky)
John Howard van de Ruit je juhoafrický autor známy najmä svojimi satirickými dielami a románmi. Jeho tvorba často skúma témy dospievania a spoločenské komentáre s osobitým humorom. Van de Ruitov jedinečný štýl si získal široké uznanie a jeho knihy sa stali obľúbenými medzi čitateľmi hľadajúcimi inteligentnú a zábavnú literatúru. Jeho dielo vyvoláva zamyslenie nad ľudskou povahou a prostredím, v ktorom žijeme.
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.