Spud Milton's long journey to manhood continues at an unnervingly slow pace in 1991. Spud, approaching the ripe old age of fifteen, is coming to terms with the possibility that he is a freak of nature. With a mother hell-bent on emigrating, a father making a killing selling homemade moonshine, and a demented grandmother named Wombat, the new year appears to offer little more than extreme embarrassment and more mortifying Milton madness. Spud, on the other hand, is returning to boarding school, where he is no longer the youngest or smallest. His dormmates, known as the Crazy Eight, have a new member, and his house has a new batch of first years (the Normal Seven). Spud, on the other hand, is seriously mistaken if he believes his second year will be a breeze.
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Spud Milton's long journey to manhood continues at an unnervingly slow pace in 1991. Spud, approaching the ripe old age of fifteen, is coming to terms with the possibility that he is a freak of nature. With a mother hell-bent on emigrating, a father making a killing selling homemade moonshine, and a demented grandmother named Wombat, the new year appears to offer little more than extreme embarrassment and more mortifying Milton madness. Spud, on the other hand, is returning to boarding school, where he is no longer the youngest or smallest. His dormmates, known as the Crazy Eight, have a new member, and his house has a new batch of first years (the Normal Seven). Spud, on the other hand, is seriously mistaken if he believes his second year will be a breeze.
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