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Literary Fiction · WarmA ten-year-old in 1968 Dublin narrates street games while his parents' marriage unravels
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha
by Roddy Doyle
1993Easy readFast pace
★ Booker Prize, 1993
A Dublin boyhood told by a ten-year-old
Paddy Clarke tells the story of a year in Barrytown, Dublin, in 1968. With his gang of friends he plays in the streets and fields, while at home his parents start to quarrel and drift apart. It won the 1993 Booker Prize.
More about this book
Who
Paddy Clarke, his brother Sinbad and their parents.
World
Barrytown, a Dublin suburb, in 1968.
What makes it different
The whole book is told in the voice of a ten-year-old.
Feel
Funny and painful.
Page count and cover shown for: Selected edition
Further reading
- Paddy Clarke Ha Ha HaWikipedia