{"product_id":"9781784165000-the-spinning-heart","title":"The Spinning Heart","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Guardian First Book Award 2013\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShortlisted for the Dublin IMPAC Literary Award 2014\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLonglisted for the Man Booker Prize 2013\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of Book of the Year at the Irish Book Awards 2012\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e''Funny, moving and beautifully written'' EDNA O''BRIEN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Spinning Heart 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e_________\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e''Filled with light and shade, love and tragedy ... if it was a song you could sing it'' ANNE ENRIGHT\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e''Donal Ryan is the real deal ... a brilliantly realised, utterly resonant state-of-the-nation landscape'' SUNDAY INDEPENDENT\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e''I can''t imagine a more original, more perceptive or more passionate work than this. Outstanding'' JOHN BOYNE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e''It''s furious, it''s moving, it''s darkly funny, it punches you right in the gut'' NEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Black Swan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43397758648456,"sku":"9781784165000","price":22.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0371\/3443\/4440\/files\/the-spinning-heart-9781784165000-806379.jpg?v=1742496971","url":"https:\/\/littlelostbookshop.com.au\/products\/9781784165000-the-spinning-heart","provider":"The Little Lost Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}