Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha Val McDermid and another will be destroyed

and another will be destroyed by his inability to let go of past memories

Things between them are strained - there is much from the past they need to reconcile - and the situation becomes critical when they are the victims of a brutal and horrifying attack

is a fraud

picking his way through the political panic and rebelling against authority

Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha Val McDermid and another will be destroyedRoddy 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.