Ruprecht Van Doren is an overweight genius whose hobbies include very difficult maths and the
Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence. Daniel 'Skippy' Juster is his roommate. In the grand
old Dublin institution that is Seabrook College for Boys nobody pays either of them much
attention. But when Skippy falls for Lori the frisbee-playing Siren from the girls' school
next door suddenly all kinds of people take an interest - including Carl part-time
drug-dealer and official school psychopath ... A tragic comedy of epic sweep and dimension
Skippy Dies scours the corners of the human heart and wrings every drop of pathos humour and
hopelessness out of life love Robert Graves mermaids M-theory and everything in between.
