Skippy Dies

Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2010

''A triumph. Brimful of wit and narrative energy'' Sunday Times

''Novels rarely come as funny and as moving as this. One of the finest comic novels written anywhere'' Irish Times

Ruprecht Van Doren is an overweight genius whose hobbies include very difficult maths and the Search of Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence. Daniel ''Skippy'' Juster is his roommate. In the ...