The Heart in Winter

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 . . .Author: Barry, Kevin,author
Contributors: Barry, Kevin,author
Binding: paperback
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Languages: English,Published,English,Original Language
Edition: Main
Published/Release Date: 24 Apr 2025
Format: Paperback / softback
Publisher/Studio/Brand: Canongate Books
Author/Director/Artist: Kevin Barry
Dimension (cm): 198x129x14 mm
Package Dimension (cm): 20x195x129 mm
Item Weight (g): 163
Package Weight (g): 160