{"product_id":"canongate-books-the-heart-in-winter","title":"Canongate Books The Heart in Winter.","description":"THE SUNDAY TIMES HISTORICAL NOVEL OF THE YEAR\nTHE INSTANT IRISH TIMES BESTSELLER\nPICKED AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE GUARDIAN, NEW STATESMAN, OBSERVER, IRISH TIMES, INDEPENDENT, IRISH INDEPENDENT, IRISH EXAMINER, TLS, SCOTSMAN, THE TIMES AND ECONOMIST\n\nWhat if we ride out tonight?\nWhat if we ride out and never once look back?\n\nOctober, 1891. Butte, Montana. A hard winter approaches across the Rocky Mountains. The city is rich on copper mines and rampant with vice and debauchery among a hard-living crowd of immigrant Irish workers.\n\nHere we find Tom Rourke, a young poet and balladmaker, 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 devout mine captain Long Anthony Harrington.\n\nA 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. Briefly an idyll of wild romance perfects itself. But a posse of deranged Cornish gunsmen are soon in hot pursuit of the lovers, and closing in fast . . .\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 1805302116\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.1805302116.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Kevin Barry\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42932062552125,"sku":"BVV.1805302116.G","price":11.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/1805302116-0.jpg?v=1768943119","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/canongate-books-the-heart-in-winter","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}