Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha

A BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOKER PRIZE GEM

Roddy Doyle

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English

Vintage
01 May 1996

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Winner of the 1993 Booker Prize

Roddy Doyle's Booker Prize-winning novel describes the world of ten-year-old Paddy Clarke, growing up in Barrytown, north Dublin. From fun and adventure on the streets, boredom in the classroom to increasing isolation at home, Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha is the story of a boy who sees everything but understands less and less.

By: Roddy Doyle
Imprint: Vintage
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: New edition
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm, Spine: 15mm
Weight: 172g
ISBN: 9780749397357
ISBN 10: 0749397357
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 01 May 1996
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Roddy Doyle was born in Dublin in 1958. He is the author of eight acclaimed novels and Rory & Ita, a memoir about his parents. He won the Booker Prize in 1993 for Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha.

Reviews for Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha: A BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOKER PRIZE GEM

Booker Prize Winner 1993. Roddy Doyle is unsurpassed in the art of capturing living, breathing dialogue; the sort which makes you forget you're the reader and enlivens all your sympathies to the protagonist. We've all sworn we wouldn't forget the things that were important to us as children, but we all have. This novel opens up some of those old feelings of struggle, compromise and injustice. In Paddy's case as a ten-year-old witnessing the breakdown of his parents' marriage, these emotions are particularly poignant and pathetic. The eventual discovery of the relevance of the title is heartbreaking. A brilliant, haunting book - and very funny too. (Kirkus UK)