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Skippy DiesPaul Murray

Skippy Dies

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Ruprecht Van Doren is an overweight genius whose hobbies include very difficult maths and the Search for 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.While his teachers battle over modernisation, and Ruprecht attempts to open a portal into a…

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Editions

12 editions · 5 languages
  • Ebook · English · 2010
    Penguin Publishing · 9780141943893
  • Paperback · English · 2010
    Hamish Hamilton · 672 pages · 9780241144978
  • Other · English · 2011
    Faber and Faber · 9780865478619
  • Other · English · 2011
    Penguin Books · 660 pages · 9780141009957
  • Other · English · 2010
    Hamish Hamilton · 660 pages · 9780241141823
  • Other · English · 2010
    Farrar, Straus and Giroux · 9780865479487
FictionLiteraturePrivate schoolsTeenage boysDeathRoommatesCollege studentsNew York Times reviewed