{"product_id":"skippy-dies-paperback","title":"Skippy Dies - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaul Murray\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe bestselling and critically acclaimed novel from Paul Murray, \u003ci\u003eSkippy Dies\u003c\/i\u003e, shortlisted for the 2010 Costa Book Awards, longlisted for the 2010 Booker Prize, and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Could it involve Carl, the teenage drug dealer and borderline psychotic who is Skippy's rival in love? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Or could \"the Automator\"--the ruthless, smooth-talking headmaster intent on modernizing the school--have something to hide? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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 basketball playing 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, \u003ci\u003eSkippy Dies \u003c\/i\u003eis 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Murray\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1975. He studied English literature at Trinity College in Dublin and creative writing at the University of East Anglia. His first novel, \u003ci\u003eAn Evening of Long Goodbyes\u003c\/i\u003e, was short-listed for the Whitbread Prize in 2003 and was nominated for the Kerry Irish Fiction Award. \u003ci\u003eSkippy Dies\u003c\/i\u003e, his second novel, was long-listed for the Booker prize and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 672\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.12 x 8.3 x 5.57 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 30, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44304684777574,"sku":"9780865478619","price":29.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/M1NkNnR3LzZ5VC9ocm1nT1VlWjBuQT09.webp?v=1767624924","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/skippy-dies-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}