03641cam a2200589 4500 2581142802 TxAuBib 20251005120000.0 ||||||s2010||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781429929950 1429929952 B003P9XM4O Amazon 178d97a3-cff1-4e7c-82ec-7dbeb61dec3f OverDrive (Reserve ID) 513545 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Murray, Paul. Skippy Dies [Bridges eBook] : A Novel. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. boarding school campus novels. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. contemporary literature. coming of age stories. contemporary fiction. contemporary novels. book prize longlist. literary fiction. Irish literature. humorous fiction. literary novels. literary books. Coming of age. irish fiction. funny novels. Adolescence. Tragicomedy. tragicomic. teenagers. Suicide. Ireland. dublin. drugs. HTML:<p><b>The bestselling and critically acclaimed novel from Paul Murray, <i>Skippy Dies</i>, shortlisted for the 2010 Costa Book Awards, longlisted for the 2010 Booker Prize, and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award.<br /></b><br /> 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?<br /> 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?<br /> Could it involve Carl, the teenage drug dealer and borderline psychotic who is Skippy's rival in love?<br /> Or could "the Automator"—the ruthless, smooth-talking headmaster intent on modernizing the school—have something to hide?<br /> 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, <i>Skippy Dies</i> 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.</p>. Literature. Fiction. Media Type: eBook. National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist. Man Booker Prize for Fiction Nominee. Notable Books for Adults. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2025-10-03 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=178D97A3-CFF1-4E7C-82EC-7DBEB61DEC3F&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=178D97A3-CFF1-4E7C-82EC-7DBEB61DEC3F&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)