ISBN: 0453009530

In Roddy Doyle's Booker Prize-winning novel Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha, an Irish lad named Paddy rampages through the streets of Barrytown with a pack of like-minded hooligans, playing cowbo… Mehr…

In Roddy Doyle's Booker Prize-winning novel Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha, an Irish lad named Paddy rampages through the streets of Barrytown with a pack of like-minded hooligans, playing cowboys and Indians, etching their names in wet concrete, and setting fires. Roddy Doyle has captured the sensations and speech patterns of preadolescents with consummate skill, and managed to do so without resorting to sentimentality. Paddy Clarke and his friends are not bad boys; they're just a little bit restless. They're always taking sides, bullying each other, and secretly wishing they didn't have to. All they want is for something--anything--to happen. Throughout the novel, Paddy teeters on the nervous verge of adolescence. In one scene, Paddy tries to make his little brother's hot water bottle explode, but gives up after stomping on it just one time: "I jumped on Sinbad's bottle. Nothing happened. I didn't do it again. Sometimes when nothing happened it was really getting ready to happen." Paddy Clarke senses that his world is about to change forever--and not necessarily for the better. When he realizes that his parents' marriage is falling apart, Paddy stays up all night listening, half-believing that his vigil will ward off further fighting. It doesn't work, but it is sweet and sad that he believes it might. Paddy's logic may be fuzzy, but his heart is in the right place. --Jill Marquis contemporary,fiction,literary,literature and fiction Literature & Fiction, Highbridge Audio<

ISBN: 0453009530

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[SR: 7578654], Audio Cassette, [EAN: 9780453009539], Abridged, Audiobook, Unabridged, Penguin, Penguin, Book, [PU: Penguin], 1995-01-26, Penguin, 62, Fiction, 275035, Adventure Stories & Action, 275116, Anthologies, 426316031, Biographical Fiction, 590912, Classics, 590756, Contemporary Fiction, 72, Crime, Thrillers & Mystery, 275040, Erotica, 275050, Family Sagas, 279254, Fantasy, 598310, Film & Television Tie-In, 590800, Gay & Lesbian, 10790401, Historical, 63, Horror, 426359031, Humour, 590930, Lad Lit, 590934, Literary Fiction, 426309031, Medical, 590794, Metaphysical & Visionary, 275053, Myths & Fairy Tales, 426362031, Poetry & Drama, 590796, Political, 426310031, Psychological, 275054, Religious & Inspirational, 88, Romance, 279292, Science Fiction, 275380, Short Stories, 590792, Sport, 275060, War, 275065, Westerns, 590760, Women Writers & Fiction, 1025612, Subjects, 266239, Books<

1994, ISBN: 9780453009539

U.S.A.: Penguin-HighBridge, 1994. Audio Book. Good. AUDIO CASSETTE. 2 AUDIO CASSETTES withdrawn from the library collection. Some library marking. Each Audio Cassette TESTED! prior to shi… Mehr…

U.S.A.: Penguin-HighBridge, 1994. Audio Book. Good. AUDIO CASSETTE. 2 AUDIO CASSETTES withdrawn from the library collection. Some library marking. Each Audio Cassette TESTED! prior to shipping for sound quality. You will receive a good set. Enjoy this worthwhile AUDIO CASSETTE performance.., Penguin-HighBridge, 1994<