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Skippy Dies by Paul Murray (2010, Hardcover)
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- Type
- Novel
- Narrative Type
- Fiction
- Features
- Dust Jacket
- Original Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- ISBN
- 9780865479432
- Book Title
- Skippy Dies
- Item Length
- 8.5in
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber, Incorporated
- Publication Year
- 2010
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.4in
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- General, Literary
- Item Width
- 5.9in
- Item Weight
- 0.4 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 672 Pages
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Why does Skippy, a fourteen-year-old boy at Dublin's venerable Seabrook College, end up dead on the floor of the local doughnut shop? Could it have something to do with his friend Ruprecht Van Doren, an overweight genius who is determined to open a portal into a parallel universe using ten-dimensional string theory? Could it involve Carl, the teenage drug dealer and borderline psychotic who is Skippy's rival in love? Or could "the Automator" - the ruthless, smooth-talking headmaster intent on modernizing the school - have something to hide? Why Skippy dies and what happens next is the subject of this dazzling and uproarious novel, unraveling a mystery that links the boys of Seabrook College to their parents and teachers in ways nobody could have imagined. With a cast of characters that ranges from hip-hop-loving fourteen-year-old Eoin "MC Sexecutioner" Flynn to basketballplaying midget Philip Kilfether, packed with questions and answers on everything from Ritalin, to M-theory, to bungee jumping, to the hidden meaning of the poetry of Robert Frost, Skippy Dies is a heartfelt, hilarious portrait of the pain, joy, and occasional beauty of adolescence, and a tragic depiction of a world always happy to sacrifice its weakest members. As the twenty-first century enters its teenage years, this is a breathtaking novel from a young writer who will come to define his generation.
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Publisher
Faber & Faber, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0865479437
ISBN-13
9780865479432
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84358014
Product Key Features
Book Title
Skippy Dies
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
General, Literary
Publication Year
2010
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
672 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.5in
Item Height
1.4in
Item Width
5.9in
Item Weight
0.4 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Pr6113.U78s55 2010b
Reviews
UK Praise forSkippy Dies: "The novel is a triumph . . . Brimful of wit, narrative energy and a real poetry and vision." -Adam Lively,The SundayTimes "A real joy." -Marie Claire "One of the most enjoyable, funny and moving reads of this young new year." -Patrick Ness,The Guardian "An utterly engrossing read." -Elle "Noisy, hilarious, tragic, and endlessly inventive . . . Murray's writing is just plain brilliant." -Kate Saunders,The Times "A blast of a book." -Kevin Power,The Irish Times, Praise for Skippy Dies: "Extravagantly entertaining . . . One of the great pleasures of this novel is how confidently [Paul Murray] addresses such disparate topics as quantum physics, video games, early-20th-century mysticism, celebrity infatuation, drug dealing, Irish folklore and pornography . . . Six hundred sixty-one pages may seem like a lot to devote to a bunch of flatulence-obsessed kids, but that daunting length is part and parcel of the cause to which Skippy Dies , in the end, is most devoted. Teenagers, though they may not always act like it, are human beings, and their sadness and loneliness (and their triumphs, no matter how temporary) are as momentous as any adult's And novels about themif they're as smart and funny and touching as Skippy Dies can be just as long as they like." Dan Kois, The New York Times Book Review "Murray's humor and inventiveness never flag. And despite a serious themewhat happens to boys and men when they realize the world isn't the sparkly planetarium they had hoped for Skippy Dies leaves you feeling hopeful and hungry for life. Just not for doughnuts." Entertainment Weekly , Grade: A "Dazzling . . . If killing your protagonist with more than 600 pages to go sounds audacious, it's nothing compared with the literary feats Murray pulls off in this hilarious, moving and wise book . . . It's the Moby Dick of Irish prep schools . . . Murray is an expansive writer, bouncing around in time, tense and point of view. He's unafraid to tempt sentimentality, to write directly at his deep themes, to employ shameless cliffhangers. And he's talented enough to get away with most of it . . . The mixture of tones is the book's true triumph, oscillating the banal with the sublime, the silly with the terrifying, the sweet with the tragic. In short, it's like childhood. In shorter, like life . . . Murray makes the right choices, refusing to spare kid and kidult alike the gorgeous harshness of the world, filled as it is with 'a sadness everyone can recognize, a sadness that is binding and homelike."Jess Walter, Washington Post Book World " Darkly funny and wholly enjoyable . . . Murray will never once lose your attention, writing with wit and charm and making this tragicomedy both hilarious and effortlessly moving." Very Short List "The novel is a triumph . . . Brimful of wit, narrative energy and a real poetry and vision." Adam Lively, The Sunday Times "A real joy." Marie Claire "One of the most enjoyable, funny and moving reads of this young new year." Patrick Ness, The Guardian "An utterly engrossing read." Elle "Noisy, hilarious, tragic, and endlessly inventive . . . Murray's writing is just plain brilliant." Kate Saunders, The Times "A blast of a book." Kevin Power, The Irish Times, Praise forSkippy Dies:"Extravagantly entertaining . . . One of the great pleasures of this novel is how confidently [Paul Murray] addresses such disparate topics as quantum physics, video games, early-20th-century mysticism, celebrity infatuation, drug dealing, Irish folklore and pornography . . . Six hundred sixty-one pages may seem like a lot to devote to a bunch of flatulence-obsessed kids, but that daunting length is part and parcel of the cause to whichSkippy Dies, in the end, is most devoted. Teenagers, though they may not always act like it, are human beings, and their sadness and loneliness (and their triumphs, no matter how temporary) are as momentous as any adult's And novels about them if they're as smart and funny and touching asSkippy Dies can be just as long as they like." -Dan Kois,The New York Times Book Review"Murray's humor and inventiveness never flag. And despite a serious theme-what happens to boys and men when they realize the world isn't the sparkly planetarium they had hoped for-Skippy Diesleaves you feeling hopeful and hungry for life. Just not for doughnuts."-Entertainment Weekly, Grade: A"Dazzling...If killing your protagonist with more than 600 pages to go sounds audacious, it's nothing compared with the literary feats Murray pulls off in this hilarious, moving and wise book . . . It's theMoby Dickof Irish prep schools. . .Murray is an expansive writer, bouncing around in time, tense and point of view. He's unafraid to tempt sentimentality, to write directly at his deep themes, to employ shameless cliffhangers. And he's talented enough to get away with most of it . . . The mixture of tones is the book's true triumph, oscillating the banal with the sublime, the silly with the terrifying, the sweet with the tragic. In short, it's like childhood. In shorter, like life . . . Murray makes the right choices, refusing to spare kid and kidult alike the gorgeous harshness of the world, filled as it is with 'a sadness everyone can recognize, a sadness that is binding and homelike."-Jess Walter,Washington Post Book World"Darkly funny and wholly enjoyable . . . Murray will never once lose your attention, writing with wit and charm and making this tragicomedy both hilarious and effortlessly moving."-Very Short List "The novel is a triumph . . . Brimful of wit, narrative energy and a real poetry and vision." -Adam Lively,The SundayTimes "A real joy." -Marie Claire "One of the most enjoyable, funny and moving reads of this young new year." -Patrick Ness,The Guardian "An utterly engrossing read." -Elle "Noisy, hilarious, tragic, and endlessly inventive . . . Murray's writing is just plain brilliant." -Kate Saunders,The Times "A blast of a book." -Kevin Power,The Irish Times
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