Irish writer Roddy Doyle is the winner of the prestigious 1993 literary Booker Prize for his novel Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha. Doyle’s 1987 book The Commitments was made into a film, as was his 1991 book ...

Doyle just gets better and better. After the touching hijinks of Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha and the poignantly powerful The Woman Who Walked into Walls, he has embarked on nothing less than a trilogy that ...

Irish writer Doyle, author of “The Commitments” and “The Snapper,” won the 1993 Booker Prize for this novel, told from the perspective of a 10-year-old boy. “Paddy Clarke”became a bestseller in the ...

Doyle is best known for his first book, The Commitments, though his Booker Prize moment came in 1993, for Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha. As he notes in his introduction, Ireland has vastly changed since those ...

Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha by Roddy Doyle (Penguin, $15). From the first page, Doyle’s Booker Prize–winning 1993 novel took me back to growing up in a small town in Ireland in the 1960s. Doyle’s writing ...

Roddy Doyle has written for stage and film, but he is best known for his 11 novels, including the Booker Prize-winning "Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha." His latest book, "Smile," builds on many of his familiar ...

Irish author Roddy Doyle will chair the 2025 Booker Prize judging panel. Doyle, who has written 13 novels, is the first person to chair the panel who has won the prize himself. He won the Booker for ...

Roddy Doyle became a literary star with novels like “The Commitments,” “The Van,” and “Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha,” which teemed with exuberant life. But what do you write about when exuberance, and even ...

Roddy Doyle is the author of 11 novels including The Commitments, which was adapted into a successful film and stage musical, The Snapper, and Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha, which won the Booker Prize. His ...

In a few weeks, Vintage will publish nine new editions of books that have been awarded the prestigious Man Booker Prize: Amsterdam by Ian McEwan (1998), Disgrace by J. M. Coetzee (1999), How Late It ...