The Spinning Heart Donal Ryan €32.00 ISBN: 978 1 84351 274 5 Format: Signed Limited Edition Hardback Size: 220x150mm Publication Date: October 2012 eBook Version (available from following ebook stores): Physical Copy (supplied by Lilliput Press) Add to Basket View Shopping Basket

BORD GAIS ENERGY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2012

This book has been lauded by critics ever since it's release in October 2012. The Lilliput Press have made this hardback, limited edition available only on the website and in Hodges Figgis in Dublin.

‘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.’ 

The fallout of Ireland’s financial collapse provokes dangerous tensions in a small Irish town. As the consequences of greed affect an entire community, a drama of kidnap and murder unfolds. Through a chorus of unique voices, each struggling with their own version of truth, a single authentic tale emerges. 

This exhilarating debut captures the language and spirit of rural Ireland. Taking on the mantle of Synge and O’Casey, the author expresses the torment and tenderness of a generation. Witty, dark and poignant, The Spinning Heart speaks for contemporary Ireland like no other novel. 

DONAL RYAN was born in a village in North Tipperary, a stroll from the shores of Lough Derg. He wrote the first draft of The Spinning Heart in the long summer evenings of 2010. He lives just outside Limerick city with his wife and two young children. 

Click here for a glowing review of The Spinning Heart, and here to see the author reading at Kennys Bookshop, Galway.