Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha

Roddy Doyle

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Book Details:
Publisher:Vintage ISBN:9780749397357 Published Date:1^st June 1994 Dimensions:128 X 196 X 20 mm Weight:0.1996 kilograms Pages:240 Binding:Paperback Condition:Good

Short Description

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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Full Description

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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Review

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 *

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