{"product_id":"9781784165000","title":"The Spinning Heart","description":"Author: Ryan, Donal\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781784165000\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: RANDOM HOUSE UK\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 03 Nov 2020\u003cbr\u003ePages: 160\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis stunning debut has won major acclaim, winning the Guardian First Book Award and Book of the Year at the Irish Book Awards ; it was shortlisted for the Dublin IMPAC Literary Award and longlisted for the Man Booker Prize.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE STUNNING FIRST NOVEL BY THE AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF HEART BE AT PEACE AND STRANGE FLOWERS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Guardian First Book Award \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the Dublin IMPAC Literary Award \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the Man Booker Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of Book of the Year at the Irish Book Awards\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the European Prize for Literature \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eVoted Irish Book of the Decade in 2016\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\\\"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 hasn't yet missed a day of letting me down.\\\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA No.1 bestselling author, Donal Ryan exploded on to the literary scene with this, his stunning debut, set in the aftermath of Ireland's 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 twenty-one unique voices, each struggling to tell their own kind of truth, a single authentic tale unfolds.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWry, vulnerable, all-too human, THE SPINNING HEART captures the language and spirit of a small town and its people as they try to make sense of their lives against the wider political backdrop. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiscover HEART BE AT PEACE, winner of the THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR FICTION and IRISH BOOK OF THE YEAR, and WHERE ARE THE KINGS, Donal Ryan's stunning new novel about a young boy coming of age.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e****\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Filled with light and shade, love and tragedy ... \u003cb\u003eif it was a song you could sing it\u003c\/b\u003e' ANNE ENRIGHT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eDonal Ryan is the real deal\u003c\/b\u003e ... a brilliantly realised, utterly resonant state-of-the-nation landscape' \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY INDEPENDENT\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'I can't imagine a more original, more perceptive or more passionate work than this. \u003cb\u003eOutstanding\u003c\/b\u003e' JOHN BOYNE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eIt's furious, it's moving, it's darkly funny\u003c\/b\u003e, it punches you right in the gut' \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Funny, moving and beautifully written\u003c\/b\u003e' EDNA O'BRIEN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The unambiguous announcement of a genuine and apparently fully-formed new talent' FINANCIAL TIMES","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46882738307230,"sku":"UBD-9781784165000","price":24.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781784165000.jpg?v=1779862046","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781784165000","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}