{"product_id":"skippy-dies-paperback-by-paul-murray","title":"Skippy Dies Paperback by Paul Murray","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n                \n                    \n                        \u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Details\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n                        \u003cul\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cb\u003eHamish Hamilton UK\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e(2011-05-17)\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003eEnglish\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e672\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003epages\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e9780141009957\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eItem Weight\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e476.28\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003egrams\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                            \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions\u003c\/strong\u003e: \u003cstrong\u003e19.71 x 13.0 x 4.14\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cb\u003ecm\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n                        \u003c\/ul\u003e\n                        \u003cbr\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the Booker Prize 2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A triumph. Brimful of wit and narrative energy' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Novels rarely come as funny and as moving as this. One of the finest comic novels written anywhere' \u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRuprecht Van Doren is an overweight genius whose hobbies include very difficult maths and the Search of Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence. Daniel 'Skippy' Juster is his roommate. In the grand old Dublin institution that is Seabrook College for Boys, nobody pays either of them much attention. But when Skippy falls for Lori, the frisbee-playing siren from the girls' school next door, suddenly all kinds of people take an interest - including Carl, part-time drug-dealer and official school psychopath. . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA tragic comedy of epic sweep and dimension, \u003ci\u003eSkippy Dies\u003c\/i\u003e scours the corners of the human heart and wrings every drop of pathos, humour and hopelessness out of life, love, Robert Graves, mermaids, M-theory, and everything in between.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An unforgettably exuberant saga set in an Irish boys' school. The insulting repartee is Shakespearean, the minor characters hilarious, and Murray captures the fleeting joys and lasting sorrows of adolescence perfectly' \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The sprawling brilliance of Paul Murray's darkly comic second novel works on many different levels... When you finish the last page, you may be tempted to start all over again' \u003ci\u003eMetro\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n                        \u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n                        \u003cp\u003ePaul Murray was born in Dublin in 1975 and is the author of \u003ci\u003eAn Evening of Long Goodbyes\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSkippy Dies\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Mark and the Void\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Bee Sting\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eAn Evening of Long Goodbyes\u003c\/i\u003e was shortlisted for the Whitbread First Novel Award and nominated for the Kerry Group Irish Fiction Award. \u003ci\u003eSkippy Dies\u003c\/i\u003e was shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award, and longlisted for the Booker Prize. \u003ci\u003eThe Mark and the Void\u003c\/i\u003e won the Everyman Wodehouse Prize. \u003ci\u003eThe Bee Sting \u003c\/i\u003ewon the Nero Book of the Year Award and the An Post Irish Book of the Year, and was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, the Writers’ Prize for Fiction and the Kirkus Prize for Fiction. Paul Murray lives in Dublin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n                    \n                \n            \u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Best Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46510035140769,"sku":"BBSNIJ9780141009957","price":26.59,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0525\/2084\/5473\/files\/9780141009957.jpg?v=1780646378","url":"https:\/\/www.bestbookstore.ca\/products\/skippy-dies-paperback-by-paul-murray","provider":"Best Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}