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Skippy Dies

From the author of The Bee Sting

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Skippy Dies

By: Paul Murray
Narrated by: Patrick Moy
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The unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Paul Murray's hilarious book, Skippy Dies. Read by the actor Patrick Moy.

'Skippy and Ruprecht are having a doughnut-eating race one evening when Skippy turns purple and falls off his chair . . .'

And so begins this epic, tragic, comic, brilliant novel set in and around Dublin's Seabrook College for Boys. Principally concerning the lives, loves, mistakes and triumphs of overweight maths-whiz Ruprecht Van Doren and his roommate Daniel 'Skippy' Juster, it features a frisbee-throwing siren called Lori, the joys (and horrors) of first love, the use and blatant misuse of prescription drugs, Carl (the official school psychopath), various attempts to unravel string theory . . . while at the same time exploring the very deepest mysteries of the human heart.

'Noisy, hilarious, tragic, endlessly inventive, plain brilliant. A carnival of a novel' The Times

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Critic reviews

Savagely funny, brimful of wit, energy, poetry and vision, unflaggingly entertaining. A triumph
One of the most enjoyable, funny and moving reads of this year. A rare tragicomedy that's both genuinely tragic and genuinely comic
Darkly comic, dazzles, every line drips ideas for fun. Unputdownably funny, captivating. A masterpiece
Ambitious, wise, funny, fiercely intelligent. The beauty of this cynical, hopeful, beautifully written book is that it builds a detailed world to explore life, the universe and everything
Hilarious, heartbreaking, totally engrossing. A triumph
Noisy, hilarious, tragic, endlessly inventive, plain brilliant. A carnival of a novel
Marvellous, witty, heartbreaking, intensely moving, excellent. The writing is second to none, the banter brilliant. Crazy, but beautiful
Savagely funny, brimful of wit, energy, poetry and vision, unflaggingly entertaining. A triumph
Hilarious, heartbreaking, totally engrossing. A triumph
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I don't usually bother to review books I've listened to, but I did find this a truly exceptional and thoroughly enjoyable book. It does take a little while to get into, but the characters and different narrative strands are so well drawn that they rapidly draw you in.
To be honest, if I'd been reading it I'm not sure I would have stuck with it, but the narrator is outstanding and makes all the characters come alive. The best book I've listened to for ages, highly recommended.

Excellent listen, perfect narrator

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Really loved this book. It was beautifully read and the characters were totally engrossing. This story is a balanced mixture of dark humour and tragedy. It was a delight to listen to and the characters and situation were very recognisable to me. I would recommend this to anyone who likes contemporary stories.

A great little find.

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I loved parts of this book but the slightly documentary feel to it left me feeling a bit cold. While the characters were very good I never really felt their pain and joy, instead, I found myself observing them from a distance. Nonetheless, it is a good book that I think will have huge appeal to some as the standard of writing is excellent.

Too long for me

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Loved the characters and tale. The teenage boys were so well portrayed and the language used I think was bang on.. Please someone make the film

Excellent tale

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This was probably an hour or two overlong but a truly wonderful book wonderfully narrated. The characters were all beautifully developed - highly recommended.

An Oscar for the narrator

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