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Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha

Roddy Doyle
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contemporary fiction coming of age past tense first POV ~332 pp
features extracted 2026-04-12

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melancholic gritty childhood

A dark contemporary fiction. Expect minimal worldbuilding. Plot-driven. Ends on an unresolved note. Contains notable violence, humor.

Style Fingerprint

Prose density 45
sparsedense
Pacing 60
slow burnpropulsive
Emotional tone 25
darkhopeful
Worldbuilding 10
minimalmaximal
Char / plot 85
character-drivenplot-driven
Interiority 40
externalintrospective
Ending 10
unresolvedcathartic
Stakes 30
intimateepic

Content

Violence 85%
noneextreme
Sexual content 15%
noneexplicit
Humor 65%
seriouscomedic
Romance 5%
nonecentral

Structure & Cast

Structure
Word count83,028
Page count~332 pp
Prologue—
Epilogue—
Tensepast
Cast & World
POVfirst

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