5/19/2023 0 Comments John van de ruitHe went to the University of Natal where he completed a Masters degree in Drama and Performance. John van de Ruit was born in Durban, South Africa. 'Achingly funny' - Sunday Times Lifestyle 'Once you pick it up it's almost as if the pages turn themselves' - Metrobeat 'Funny, fast-paced and wonderfully observant' - The Daily News 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! 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. 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 Ruit
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