by Roddy Doyle · Minerva · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780749397357
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«Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha» is the literary fiction novel by Roddy Doyle, published by Minerva in paperback (288 pages, in English).
The story follows Paddy Clarke, a ten-year-old boy growing up in Barrytown, north Dublin. Between street mischief and school boredom, Paddy witnesses life at home becoming increasingly tense. He sees everything happening around him, though he understands the adult world less and less.
Winner of the Booker Prize in 1993 and shortlisted for the Dublin Literary Award in 1996. Originally published in 1993; this edition dates from June 1994.
For readers of literary fiction interested in childhood, family, and contemporary Ireland; a work with coming-of-age undertones.
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.
