Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha (1993) is a novel by Irish writer Roddy Doyle. It won the Booker Prize in 1993. The story is about a 10 year old boy and events that happen within his age group. He also has to cope with his parents' deteriorating relationship.
The novel is known for its interesting use of language – Doyle uses a register (syntax and vocabulary) that gives the reader the vivid impression of listening to the memories of a ten-year-old Irish b...
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Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha (1993) is a novel by Irish writer Roddy Doyle. It won the Booker Prize in 1993. The story is about a 10 year old boy and events that happen within his age group. He also has to cope with his parents' deteriorating relationship.
The novel is known for its interesting use of language – Doyle uses a register (syntax and vocabulary) that gives the reader the vivid impression of listening to the memories of a ten-year-old Irish boy from the 1960s. The novel is not divided into chapters but into small scenes which do not follow any chronological order. As such, a reader's first impression is perhaps that of humoured confusion. One forgets easily what one reads and then, peculiarly, it may be that one does not have to remember most of the details but rather the emotions evoked from the language and reactions of Paddy; for his language is beautifully childlike, vulgar at times, sprinkled with Irish colloquialisms, but true in mimicking the way an actual boy would speak...
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