It's 1990. Apartheid is crumbling, Nelson Mandela has just been released from prison and Spud Milton is about to start his first year at an elite boys-only boarding school. Cursed with embarrassingly dysfunctional parents, a nutty granny and a dormitory full of strange characters, Spud has his hands...

It's 1990. Apartheid is crumbling, Nelson Mandela has just been released from prison and Spud Milton is about to start his first year at an elite boys-only boarding school. Cursed with embarrassingly dysfunctional parents, a nutty granny and a dormitory full of strange characters, Spud has his hands full trying to adapt to his new home.