by Roddy Doyle · Guanda · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788877467508
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«Paddy Clarke ah ah ah!» is the novel by Roddy Doyle, published by Guanda in paperback (288 pages, in Italian).
In Barrytown, in 1968, Paddy Clarke is ten years old and sees the world with a mix of mischief and bewilderment: he adores Geronimo, soccer and bonfires, and hates kisses, zoos and school. With his friend Kevin he builds forts and plays pranks, but he doesn't understand why his parents argue or why friendship demands hating others.
The Italian translation is by Laura Noulian; the original was published in 1993 and won the Booker Prize that year. The edition belongs to the Narratori della Fenice collection.
For readers of literary fiction and coming-of-age novels who value a child's voice and a portrait of 1960s Ireland.
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.
