{"product_id":"the-heart-in-winter-hardcover","title":"The Heart in Winter - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKevin Barry\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK: \u003ci\u003eTHE LA TIMES, THE GUARDIAN, \u003c\/i\u003eAND MORE! - Award-winning writer Kevin Barry's first novel set in America, a savagely funny and achingly romantic tale of young lovers on the lam in 1890s Montana. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A wedding of Cormac McCarthy with Flann O'Brien; a western but also the most Irish of novels; a tragedy written as farce . . . inspiring joy with every incident, every concept, every sentence.\"--\u003ci\u003e The Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOctober 1891. A hard winter approaches across the Rocky Mountains. The city of Butte, Montana is rich on copper mines and rampant with vice and debauchery among a hard-living crowd of immigrant Irish workers. Here we find Tom Rourke, a young poet and ballad-maker of the town, but also a doper, a drinker, and a fearsome degenerate. Just as he feels his life is heading nowhere fast, Polly Gillespie arrives in town as the new bride of the extremely devout mine captain Long Anthony Harrington. A thunderbolt love affair takes spark between Tom and Polly and they strike out west on a stolen horse, moving through the badlands of Montana and Idaho, and briefly an idyll of wild romance perfects itself. But a posse of deranged Cornish gunmen are soon in hot pursuit and closing in fast. With everything to lose and the safety and anonymity of San Francisco still a distant speck on their horizon, the choices they make will haunt them for the rest of their lives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this love story for the ages--lyrical, profane and propulsive--Kevin Barry has once again demonstrated himself to be a master stylist, an unrivalled humourist, and a true poet of the human heart.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eKEVIN BARRY\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of the novels \u003ci\u003eNight Boat to Tangier\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBeatlebone, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eCity of Bohane\u003c\/i\u003e as well as three story collections including \u003ci\u003eThat Old Country Music.\u003c\/i\u003e His stories and essays have appeared in the New \u003ci\u003eYorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGranta\u003c\/i\u003e and elsewhere. He also works as a playwright and screenwriter lives in County Sligo, Ireland.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 7.72 x 4.96 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 09, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53177865372011,"sku":"9780385550598","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/8401\/2907\/files\/d599c5786eff122f5d402d58e34ad4bd.webp?v=1778022977","url":"https:\/\/fraulick.com\/products\/the-heart-in-winter-hardcover","provider":"frauLick.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}