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  • Published: 1 May 1996
  • ISBN: 9780749397357
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 240
  • RRP: $24.99

Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha

A BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOKER PRIZE GEM




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.

  • Published: 1 May 1996
  • ISBN: 9780749397357
  • Imprint: Vintage
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 240
  • RRP: $24.99

About the author

Roddy Doyle

Roddy Doyle was born in Dublin in 1958. He is the author of eleven acclaimed novels including The Commitments, The Snapper, The Van and Smile, two collections of short stories, and Rory & Ita, a memoir about his parents. He won the Booker Prize in 1993 for Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha.

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Praise for Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha

Funny, warm and enriching.

Alan Davies, Daily Express

Truthful, hilarious, painfully sad

Tom Shone, Spectator

A superb recreation of childhood

Dermot Bolger

Gloriously triumphant...confirms Doyle as the best novelist of his generation

Nick Hornby, Literary Review

This is one of the most compelling novels I've read in ages, a triumph of style and perception

Joseph O' Connor, Irish Times