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Roddy 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. Wikipedia  

✵ 8. May 1958
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Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha
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Famous Roddy Doyle Quotes

“One day at a time, sweet Jesus. Whoever wrote that one hadn’t a clue. A day is a fuckin’ eternity”

Roddy Doyle Paula Spencer

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“If there is a heaven, Jane Austen is sitting in a small room with Mother Teresa and Princess Diana, listening to Duran Duran, forever. If there's a hell, she's standing.”

Roddy Doyle

“It was a sign of growing up, when the dark made no more difference to you than the day.”

Roddy Doyle book Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha

Source: Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha

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