Donal Ryan The Spinning Heart Paperback Book

THE STUNNING FIRST NOVEL BY THE AWARDWINNING AUTHOR OF HEART BE AT PEACE AND STRANGE FLOWERSWinner of the Guardian First Book Award Shortlisted for the Dublin IMPAC Literary Award Longlisted for the Man Booker PrizeWinner of Book of the Year at the Irish Book AwardsWinner of the European Prize for Literature Voted Irish Book of the Decade in 2016"My father still lives back the road past the weir in the cottage I was reared in. I go there every day to see is he dead and every day he lets me down. He hasnt yet missed a day of letting me down." Now five times winner of the Irish Novel of the Year and No.1 bestselling author, Donal Ryan exploded on to the literary scene with his stunning debut, set in the aftermath of Irelands financial collapse. When dangerous tensions surface in a small Irish town, the characters face a battle between their public persona and inner desires. Told through a chorus of twentyone unique voices, each struggling to tell their own kind of truth, a single authentic tale unfolds. The Spinning Heart speaks for contemporary Ireland like no other novel. Wry, vulnerable, alltoo human, it captures the language and spirit of rural Ireland and, with uncanny perception, articulates the words and thoughts of a generation. DISCOVER DONAL RYANS NEW NOVEL, HEART BE AT PEACE, WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR FICTION AND THE IRISH BOOK OF THE YEAR Filled with light and shade, love and tragedy ... if it was a song you could sing it ANNE ENRIGHTDonal Ryan is the real... | Donal Ryan The Spinning Heart Paperback Book