The Heart in Winter
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Canongate Books
Publishing:24th Apr '25
£9.99
This title is due to be published on 24th April, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
THE SUNDAY TIMES HISTORICAL NOVEL OF THE YEAR
THE INSTANT IRISH TIMES BESTSELLER
PICKED AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE GUARDIAN, NEW STATESMAN, OBSERVER, IRISH TIMES, INDEPENDENT, IRISH INDEPENDENT, IRISH EXAMINER, TLS, SCOTSMAN, THE TIMES AND ECONOMIST
AN i-PAPER AND SUNDAY TIMES BOOK TO READ THIS SUMMER
'An absolute belter of a book' ANNE ENRIGHT
He was ready to die for love. He just needed to find the right girl.
October, 1891. Tom Rourke is a poet struggling to make a life amongst the Irish migrant workers in Butte, Montana. He is a doper and a drinker and a fearsome degenerate. His life is heading nowhere fast. That is until he meets Polly Gillespie, the new bride of a devout mine captain, and a thunderbolt love affair takes spark.
Tom and Polly strike out west on a stolen horse. But a posse of deranged Cornish gunsmen are in hot pursuit of the lovers, and closing in fast . . .
A great big rollicking ballad of a novel -- COLUM McCANN
A violent, extravagant adventure set in 1890s Montana . . . [Barry's] thrilling best * * The Times * *
Holy damn, it's good -- DAVID MITCHELL
An absolute belter of a book -- ANNE ENRIGHT
A glorious book with all the heart and excitement of a classic Western, couched in the mixture of lyrical style and offbeat comedy that has become Barry's trademark * * Daily Telegraph * *
It takes a sublime artist like Kevin Barry to map the wildest outposts of the human heart. He captures his poet bandit's spirit through language that is consistently original, consistently exhilarating -- CLAIRE KILROY
A glorious and haunted yarn -- JON McGREGOR
Another bloody brilliant little symphony from Barry. Gorgeous -- MAX PORTER
A haunting, hypnotic love story of two damaged souls. Barry's talent is breath-taking - he is a true original and, once again, words obey his call. This is a propulsive read from a writer at the height of his powers -- MARY COSTELLO
If the Coen brothers were to write a novel it would be this. Barry has conjured a magnetic protagonist in Polly -- SHEENA PATEL
- Short-listed for Irish Book Awards Eason Novel of the Year 2024 (UK)
- Short-listed for Irish Book Awards The Last Word Listeners' Choice Award 2024 (UK)
ISBN: 9781837260799
Dimensions: unknown
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224 pages
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