![]() ![]() Since 1998 he has been a professional actor, playwright and producer, winning numerous awards. ![]() He went to the University of Natal where he completed a Masters degree in Drama and Performance. South African comedian John van de Ruit invites the reader into the mind of a young boy whose eyes are being opened to love, friendship and complete insanity!Some rave reviews from South Africa:'Funny, fast-paced and wonderfully observant' - The Daily News'Once you pick it up it's almost as if the pages turn themselves' - Metrobeat'Achingly funny' - Sunday Times LifestyleJohn van de Ruit was born in Durban, South Africa. The year is 1992 and, as always in South Africa, radical change is in the air. Im practically a man in most areas, writes Spud confidently on his sixteenth birthday. ![]() With only his wits and his diary, he takes readers on a rowdy boarding school romp full of illegal midnight swims, catastrophic cricket matches, ghostbusting escapades, girls and disastrous holidays. As Spud Milton continues his diabolical stagger through adolescence, he learns one of lifes most important lessons: when dealing with women and cretins, nothing is ever quite as it seems. Cursed with embarrassingly dysfunctional parents, a nutty granny and a dormitory full of strange characters, Spud has his hands full trying to adapt to his new home. Apartheid is crumbling, Nelson Mandela has just been released from prison and thirteen-year-old Spud Milton is about to start his first year at an elite boys-only boarding school. Spud is the hilarious debut novel by John van de RuitIt's 1990. ![]()
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