Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha

by Roddy Doyle

ISBN: 0436201356
ISBN-13: 9780436201356
Format: Book

Summary

In Roddy Doyle's novel witty and poignant novel of working-class life in Dublin, 10-year-old Paddy copes with his parents' fights, his earthy neighborhood, and the trials of his little brother Sinbad. PADDY CLARKE HA HA HA was the winner of the Booker Prize in 1993.

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"A beautifully written book....It may be one of the great modern Irish novels."

   -- Washington Post

"Explores the simple, routine life with compassionate clarity, humor and perception....A remarkably candid account of childhood, with all its bedlam, cruelties, and joy....A breathtaking glimpse into the inner life of a boy forced to leave behind childish things. Thoroughly enchanting."

   -- San Francisco Chronicle

"The premise of PADDY CLARKE HA HA HA (the title comes from a cruel rhyme Paddy's former friends taunt him with) is not to tell a story but to enter a world. And this world is brilliantly realized. Its precision lies not in editing and shaping, but in language and voice. Because immediacy replaces narrative drive, you read more slowly, you notice things and have fresh responses, just as Paddy does."    -- Mary Flanagan

   -- New York Times Book Review

Bibliographic Details

Publisher: Secker & Warburg
Published date: 1993
Pages: 282

Other Editions

Hardcover - Penguin USA (1994) - from $1.00
Paperback - Penguin USA (1995) - from $1.00

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