When I first read ‘Spud’ by John van de Ruit I think I couldn’t put it down and would often just break out in laughter for it truellly was a very funny book. The 2nd one that followed this, ‘Spud – the madness continues’ wasn’t quite equally as funny but still definitely worth a read.
Spud - Learning to fly
Therefore I hope that John van de Ruit has picked it up a bit and written another South African classic. For me coming from an all boys school and being a boarder too I can definitely relate to the story.
So while the going is good you can pre-order it for only R96, click here.
Here is the description from the back of the book:
As Spud Milton continues his diabolical stagger through adolescence, he learns one of life’s most important lessons: when dealing with women and cretins, nothing is ever quite as it seems. ‘I’m practically a man in most areas,’ writes Spud confidently on his sixteenth birthday. The year is 1992 and, as always in South Africa, radical change is in the air. The country may be on the bumpy road to an uncomfortable redemption, but Spud Milton is hoping for a smooth ride as he returns to boarding school as a senior. Instead, he discovers that his vindictive arch enemy is back to taunt him and that a garrulous Malawian has taken residence in his dormitory, along with the regular inmates and misfits he calls friends. Spud’s world has never seemed less certain; he attempts to master Shakespeare, wrestles constantly with God and the power of negative thinking, and develops an aversion to fried fish after a shocking discovery about his grandmother, Wombat. Spud – Learning to fly transports the reader on an authentic tragicomic journey, deep into the sublime and ridiculous world of being a teenager.
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oooh I hope so to. I am just waiting for it to be added to Amazon so I can buy it. I am in Northern Ireland.