Paul Murray – Skippy Dies : another cookie crumbles

Well, I mean to say, one day we'll all leave here and become scientists and bank clerks and diving instructors and hotel managers â€" the fabric of society, so to speak. But in the meantime, that fabric, that is to say, us, the future, is crowded into one tiny little point ... However, I did find myself rooting for Skippy throughout the book â€" not sure if it was a direct result of the book being entitled Skippy Dies or if he was actually a sympathetic character though, or … ...