Spud: Exit, Pursued by a Bear
  • Published: 4 August 2008
  • ISBN: 9780141323565
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $22.99

Spud: Exit, Pursued by a Bear

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4 Jul 2013
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3 Aug 2009
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1 May 2008
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25 Sep 2013
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4 Aug 2008
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Meet thirteen-year-old John 'Spud' Milton as he takes his first hilarious steps towards manhood in this wickedly funny, yet heart-warming debut novel.

It's 1990. 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. 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. 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.

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!
  • Published: 4 August 2008
  • ISBN: 9780141323565
  • Imprint: Penguin
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 400
  • RRP: $22.99
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About the author

John Van De Ruit

John van de Ruit was born in Durban, South Africa, in 1975. John is an actor, writer, producer and playwright.

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Praise for Spud: Exit, Pursued by a Bear

Funny, fast-paced and wonderfully observant

Book Shelf, The Daily News

Once you pick it up it's almost as if the pages turn themselves

Metrobeat

Achingly funny

Sunday Times Lifestyle

Some rave reviews from South Africa:

Funny, fast-paced and wonderfully observant

Book Shelf, The Daily News

Once you pick it up it's almost as if the pages turn themselves

Metrobeat

Achingly funny

Sunday Times Lifestyle