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

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

by RoddyDoyle (Author)

Synopsis

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.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 240
Edition: 1
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 01 Jun 1994

ISBN 10: 0749397357
ISBN 13: 9780749397357
Book Overview: Winner of the 1993 Booker Prize
Prizes: Winner of Booker Prize for Fiction 1993.

Media Reviews
Funny, warm and enriching. -- Alan Davies * Daily Express *
Gloriously triumphant...confirms Doyle as the best novelist of his generation -- Nick Hornby * Literary Review *
Truthful, hilarious, painfully sad -- Tom Shone * Spectator *
A superb recreation of childhood -- Dermot Bolger
This is one of the most compelling novels I've read in ages, a triumph of style and perception -- Joseph O' Connor * Irish Times *
Author Bio
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.