Spud - Learning To Fly

De Ruit, John Van

ISBN 10: 0143025953 / ISBN 13: 9780143025955

Published by Penguin South Africa, Johannesburg, 2011

About this Item

Light wear to edges, very lightly tanned edges o/w clean, unmarked copy with a solid, crease-free spine. BP/SignedBooks.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1600550769283

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Spud - Learning To Fly
• Publisher: Penguin South Africa, Johannesburg
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0143025953
• ISBN 13: 9780143025955
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fiction

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Synopsis

As Spud Milton continues his diabolical stagger through adolescence, he learns one of life's most important lessons: when dealing with women and cretins, nothing is ever quite as it seems. 'I'm practically a man in most areas', writes Spud confidently on his sixteenth birthday. The year is 1992 and, as always in South Africa, radical change is in the air. The country may be on the bumpy road to an uncomfortable redemption, but Spud Milton is hoping for a smooth ride as he returns to boarding school as a senior. Instead, he discovers that his vindictive arch enemy is back to taunt him and that a garrulous Malawian has taken residence in his dormitory, along with the regular inmates and misfits he calls friends. Spud's world has never seemed less certain; he attempts to master Shakespeare, wrestles constantly with God and the power of negative thinking, and develops an aversion to fried fish after a shocking discovery about his grandmother, Wombat.

About the Author

John van de Ruit was born in Durban, South Africa and educated at Michaelhouse and the University Natal where he completed a MAsters degree in Drama and Performance. Since 1998 he has been a professional actor, playwright and producer. Spud and its follow up, Spud the Madness Continues... are among the fastest selling books in South Africa.