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The Heart in Winter
by Kevin Barry
- Canongate (Faber)
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| Publisher | Canongate (Faber) |
|---|---|
| ISBN | 9781837260799 |
| Publication date | April 2025 |
| Edition | Paperback |
| Dimensions | mm |
| Pages | 224 |
| Language(s) | English ed. |
Description
A savagely funny, achingly beautiful tale set in the Wild West, from the Booker-longlisted author of Night Boat to Tangier.
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...
The Heart in Winter