{"product_id":"skippy-dies-9780865478619","title":"Skippy Dies","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhy 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\u003eCould 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?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCould it involve Carl, the teenage drug dealer and borderline psychotic who is Skippy's rival in love?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOr could \"the Automator\"--the ruthless, smooth-talking headmaster intent on modernizing the school--have something to hide?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Faber \u0026amp; Faber\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/30\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780865478619\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 661\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.12lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.57w x 1.12d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/09\/2011 pg. 34\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/09\/2011 pg. 30\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Paul Murray","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36645409718428,"sku":"9780865478619","price":18.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_66b202f5-db51-49e8-8dd0-a1c0d4f5e393.jpg?v=1603861050","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/skippy-dies-9780865478619","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}