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 Knihy
John Howard van de Ruit je jihoafrický autor, který proslul především svými satirickými díly a romány. Jeho tvorba často zkoumá témata dospívání a společenské komentáře s osobitým humorem. Van de Ruitův jedinečný styl si získal široké uznání a jeho knihy se staly oblíbenými mezi čtenáři hledajícími inteligentní a zábavnou literaturu. Jeho práce vyvolává zamyšlení nad lidskou povahou a prostředím, ve kterém žijeme.
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...