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.
This paperback is available in another edition too:
- Paperback - Signed Bookplate Edition£9.99(9781837260799-SB)
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, TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT, SCOTSMAN, THE TIMES AND ECONOMIST
AN i-PAPER AND SUNDAY TIMES BOOK TO READ THIS SUMMER
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2025 WALTER SCOTT PRIZE
'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)
- Long-listed for The Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2025 (UK)
ISBN: 9781837260799
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 14mm
Weight: 163g
224 pages
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