{"product_id":"9781837260799","title":"The Heart in Winter","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Barry, Kevin\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eHistorical fiction\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished on 24 April 2025 by Canongate Books in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 224 pages\u003cbr\u003e197 x 128 x 12 | 164g\u003cp\u003eTHE SUNDAY TIMES HISTORICAL NOVEL OF THE YEARTHE INSTANT IRISH TIMES BESTSELLERPICKED 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 ECONOMISTAN i-PAPER AND SUNDAY TIMES BOOK TO READ THIS SUMMERSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2025 WALTER SCOTT PRIZE'An absolute belter of a book' ANNE ENRIGHTHe was ready to die for love. He just needed to find the right girl.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOctober, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  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 . . .\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Barry, Kevin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51431310426296,"sku":"9781837260799","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0509\/1953\/8872\/files\/9781837260799.jpg?v=1749557296","url":"https:\/\/octoberbooks.org\/products\/9781837260799","provider":"October Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}