Kevin Barry
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 . . .
| Title: | The Heart in Winter |
| Author: | Kevin Barry |
| ISBN: | 9781837260799 |
| Format: | Paperback / softback |
| Imprint: | Canongate Books |
| Publisher: | Canongate Books |
| Dimensions: | 197 x 128 x 12 mm |
| Publication Date: | 24 April, 2025 |
| Pagination: | 224 pages |
| Weight: | 166 g |