Ross Garland

It's South Africa 1990. Two major events are about to happen: The release of Nelson Mandela and, more importantly, it's Spud Milton's first year at an elite boys only private boarding school.

Spud faces the second year of boarding school whilst still waiting for his own body to mature as much as he has.

As Spud Milton continues his awkward stagger through adolescence, he learns one of life's most important lessons: When dealing with women and cretins, nothing is ever quite as it seems. "I'm practically a man in most areas," write...

A version of Georges Bizet's Carmen, set in a modern-day South African township.