by Roddy Doyle · Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd · tapa dura · ISBN 9780436201356
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«Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha» is the contemporary fiction novel by Roddy Doyle, published by Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd in hardback (224 pages, in English).
Set in 1960s Dublin, it follows Paddy Clarke, a ten-year-old boy who narrates his daily life amid games, mischief and neighbourhood life. Through his gaze, full of curiosity and bewilderment, the family tensions and the slow deterioration of his parents' marriage seep in, in a story that combines humour and emotion.
The novel won the Booker Prize in 1993. This first British edition was published in June 1993 in London.
Suitable for readers of contemporary Irish fiction and coming-of-age novels, with a child protagonist and a tone between humorous and emotive.
Roderick Doyle is an Irish novelist, dramatist and screenwriter. He is the author of eleven novels for adults, eight books for children, seven plays and screenplays, and dozens of short stories. Several of his books have been made into films, beginning with The Commitments in 1991. Doyle's work is set primarily in Ireland, especially working-class Dublin, and is notable for its heavy use of dialogue written in slang and Irish English dialect. Doyle was awarded the Booker Prize in 1993 for his novel Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha.
