Skippy Dies by Paul Murray
Tom Webber
Sunday 28 February 2010
Adolescence is boring, smelly and above all a protracted affair, something like a long-haul flight. The adult is almost there but vital things are missing. Most people, if sane, do everything in their power to forget it. When his father refuses to compare childhood experiences, one of the characters in Skippy Dies says: "That's the way dads' memories work – like nothing they felt when they were this age was really real."
