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The Heart in Winter

By Kevin Barry

The Heart in Winter Historical Fiction

The Heart in Winter

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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 WINNER OF THE HWA GOLD CROWN '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 . . .
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
1
Number of Pages:
214
Release Date:
2025-05-01
Publication Date:
2025-05-31
Publisher:
Canongate Books Ltd.
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1837260796
ISBN13:
9781837260799
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
164 g
Height:
196 cm
Width:
127 cm
Thickness:
17 cm
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