SPUD: Two for the Road

346pp., paperback, Pan Macmillan, Johannesburg, 2026

ISBN: 9781770109711

The sixth and final instalment in the Spud book series by John van de Ruit.

It's 2004 and it’s make or break for Spud Milton and his acting career. However, his plans to showcase a satirical sketch show at the National Arts Festival are challenged when an all-expenses-paid year-end backpacking trip in South East Asia with the Crazy Eight becomes hard to resist ...

"An hilarious and heartfelt celebration of one of fiction's greatest groups of friends. It's not often that last book in a series is the best. This one is!" Ben Voss, comedian, actor and satirist

South African author, actor, playwright and producer John van de Ruit was born in Durban and went to school at Michaelhouse. He is the author of Spud; Spud - the madness continues; Spud - exit, pursued by a bear, Spud - learning to fly and Spud, the reunion.