Spud, John van de Ruit
Spud, John van de Ruit
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Spud

Author: John van de Ruit

Narrator: Maxwell Caulfield

Unabridged: 10 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/19/2018


Synopsis

Spud is a rowdy boarding school romp full of illegal midnight swims, raging hormones, and catastrophic holidays that will leave the whole family in total hysterics and thirsty for more.

“A deeply funny chronicle of male adolescence.”—Entertainment Weekly
“An instant laugh . . . Meet Spud, and expect the unexpected.”—Redbook

Seems like wherever I go, madness isn’t far behind . . .

It’s 1990. Apartheid is crumbling. Nelson Mandela has just been released from prison. And Spud Milton—a thirteen-year-old prepubescent choirboy—is about to start his first year at an elite boys-only boarding school. Cursed with embarrassingly dysfunctional parents, a senile granny named Wombat, and a dorm packed with rule-breaking ruffians (Gecko, Rambo, Fatty, and Mad Dog), Spud has his hands full trying to adapt to his new home.

Armed with only his wits and his diary, Spud takes his first hilarious steps toward manhood—learning a little about life, first loves, and friendship along the way.

About The Author

John van de Ruit was born in Durban, South Africa, in 1975. John is an actor, writer, producer and playwright, and is now at work on Spud: The Madness Continues.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Rincey on January 02, 2008

There were points in the book where I had to put it down because I was laughing so hard. Oh man, what a great book to start 2008.......more

Goodreads review by Anina on December 02, 2008

All the reviews say it's very funny but maybe it's not my type of humor or something because I didn't tjhink it was hilarious.......more

Goodreads review by Skip on August 30, 2014

Thirteen-year old, South African John "Spud" Milton receives a scholarship to attend a prestigious boarding school in 1990 and is excited to escape from his crazy home life. Instead, he becomes part of the Crazy Eight in an equally bizarre, but teenage world dominated by sex, farting, harmful pranks......more

Goodreads review by Nicolene on May 13, 2016

I am probably the only person in South Africa that dislikes this book. To be honest: if it wasn't for the last bit of the book, I would have given it 1 star. Yes, there are funny bits and there are bits correlating with my youth (I am in the same age range as the lead character), but to read about a......more