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Essay Archive - Roddy Doyle's Paddy Clark: No More Laughing for Paddy
Roddy Doyle's Paddy Clark: No More Laughing for Paddy
Yer Name Here Poetry/Fiction Paddy Clarke
Roddy Doyle's Paddy Clarke HA HA HA was a beautifully written book. It
perfectly captures the mind of a ten year old boy in Ireland during the mid-
1960's. Paddy Clarke, the young boy who Doyle uses to enter the mind of a ten
year old, is a boy who most can relate to. The book explores most aspects of
life through the eyes of Paddy. Doyle takes us through childhood and childhood's
end. Doyle is able to seize the complexities of life, but at the same time
simplify them enough ....
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