Skippy Dies [electronic resource]
Paul Murray2010
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Paul Murray's Skippy Dies is a tragicomic masterpiece about a Dublin boarding
school
Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2010
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, suddenly all
kinds of people take an interest - including Carl, part-time drug-dealer and
official school psychopath. . .
A tragic comedy of epic sweep and dimension, 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.
'That rare thing, a comic epic. . . Murray is a brilliant comic writer, but also
humane and touching, and he captur...
Main title:
Skippy Dies [electronic resource] / Paul Murray
Author:
Paul Murray, Author
Imprint:
London United Kingdom : Penguin, 2010
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
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System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9780141943893
Language:
English
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BRN:
451838
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| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
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| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eBook |