{"product_id":"9781805302117-the-heart-in-winter","title":"The Heart in Winter","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cb\u003eA savagely funny, achingly beautiful tale set in the Wild West, from the Booker-longlisted author of \u003ci\u003eNight Boat to Tangier\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE \u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eHISTORICAL NOVEL OF THE YEAR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE INSTANT \u003ci\u003eIRISH TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePICKED AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE \u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNEW STATESMAN\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOBSERVER\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIRISH TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eINDEPENDENT\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIRISH INDEPENDENT\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e IRISH EXAMINER\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTLS\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e SCOTSMAN\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTHE TIMES \u003c\/i\u003eAND \u003ci\u003eECONOMIST\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat if we ride out tonight?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat if we ride out and never once look back?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOctober, 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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Here 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA 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 .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41557593784417,"sku":"9781805302117","price":12.77,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_36336463.jpg?v=1759416904","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781805302117-the-heart-in-winter","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}