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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
All stars
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A long story, great for travelling. You can really get into the characters. Devastating truths.

Irish gem

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References to literature, poetry, science, maths and mysticism, resulting in something very original. And the humour resonated. It was highly entertaining in its description of serious and complex subjects.

The weaving together of stories - the absurd and the real.

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. Brilliantly plotted and brilliantly read! Loved it. Paul Murray fans wont’t be disappointed. Highly recommended

Captivating

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I loved this darkly comical send up of life in an Irish Catholic boys boarding school. The story is full of colourful characters warmly drawn by a gifted author. The fact that it is always entertaining and often very funny belies the multi-layered significant piece of literature Murray has crafted. The performance is also brilliant, one of the best readings I’ve ever heard.

Truly brilliant satire of school days

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Wonderfully written. Rich character development and increasingly intertwining stories. Though should come with a trigger warning- contains themes of child sexual abuse.

An entertaining read

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