Book review: The best of Kevin Barry’s novels to date

'The Heart in Winter' is a realistic take on the Western, avoiding cliches and emphasising the dangers and discomforts of outlaw life
Book review: The best of Kevin Barry’s novels to date

Kevin Barry visited Butte, Montana, in 1999, a locality long associated with the hardy miners of the Beara peninsula, who moved there en masse when the copper mines of Allihies closed down. File picture: Michael Mac Sweeney/Provision

Sat, 01 Jun, 2024 - 01:00
Alannah Hopkin

  • The Heart in Winter 
  • Kevin Barry 
  • Canongate, €16.99 

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