SPUD

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

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

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

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