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The spinning heart

The rural residents of the county of Tipperary deal in their own ways with the financial collapse of the Irish economy.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Ryan, Donal, 1977-
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	Hanover, New Hampshire : Steerforth Press, 2014.
Subjects:	Ireland > Fiction.
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Summary:	The rural residents of the county of Tipperary deal in their own ways with the financial collapse of the Irish economy.
Item Description:	"The Irish Book Awards Winner Book of the Year" -- cover
Physical Description:	159 p.
ISBN:	9781586422240 1586422243
Author Notes:	Donal Ryan, from Nenagh in County Tipperary, is a recipient of the 2015 European Union Prize for Literature. His first novel, The Spinning Heart , was published to major acclaim. It won the Guardian First Book Award and the Book of the Year at the Irish Book Awards; it was shortlisted for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award; and longlisted for the Man Booker Prize and the Desmond Elliott Prize. His second novel, The Thing About December , was a finalist for the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year and Novel of the Year at the Irish Book Awards. Donal lives with his wife Anne Marie and their two children just outside Limerick City.