Skippy Dies A Novel

WhydoesSkippy,afourteen-year-oldboyatDublin'svenerableSeabrookCollege,endupdeadonthefloorofthelocaldoughnutshop?CouldithavesomethingtodowithhisfriendRuprechtVanDoren,anoverweightgeniuswhoisdeterminedtoopenaportalintoaparalleluniverseusingten-dimensionalstringtheory?CoulditinvolveCarl,theteenagedrugdealerandborderlinepsychoticwhoisSkippy'srivalinlove?Orcould"theAutomator"--theruthless,smooth-talkingheadmasterintentonmodernizingtheschool--havesomethingtohide?WhySkippydiesandwhathappensnextisthesubjectofthisdazzlinganduproariousnovel,unravelingamysterythatlinkstheboysofSeabrookCollegetotheirparentsandteachersinwaysnobodycouldhaveimagined.Withacastofcharactersthatrangesfromhip-hop-lovingfourteen-year-oldEoin"MCSexecutioner"FlynntobasketballplayingmidgetPhilipKilfether,packedwithquestionsandanswersoneverythingfromRitalin,toM-theory,tobungeejumping,tothehiddenmeaningofthepoetryofRobertFrost,SkippyDiesisaheartfelt,hilariousportraitofthepain,joy,andoccasionalbeautyofadolescence,andatragicdepictionofaworldalwayshappytosacrificeitsweakestmembers.Asthetwenty-firstcenturyentersitsteenageyears,thisisabreathtakingnovelfromayoungwriterwhowillcometodefinehisgeneration.,