Winner of the Guardian First Book Award 2013<\/b>
Shortlisted for the Dublin IMPAC Literary Award 2014<\/b>
Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2013<\/b>
Winner of Book of the Year at the Irish Book Awards 2012<\/b><\/p>\n
“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.” <\/i><\/p>\n
In the aftermath of Ireland’s financial collapse, dangerous tensions surface in an Irish town. As violence flares, the characters face a battle between public persona and inner desires. Through a chorus of unique voices, each struggling to tell their own kind of truth, a single authentic tale unfolds. <\/p>\n
The Spinning Heart<\/i> speaks for contemporary Ireland like no other novel. Wry, vulnerable, all-too human, it captures the language and spirit of rural Ireland and with uncanny perception articulates the words and thoughts of a generation. Technically daring and evocative of Patrick McCabe and J.M. Synge, this novel of small-town life is witty, dark and sweetly poignant.<\/p>\n
Donal Ryan’s brilliantly realized debut announces a stunning new voice in literary fiction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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