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THE SUNDAY TIMES HISTORICAL NOVEL OF THE YEAR THE INSTANT IRISH TIMES BESTSELLER PICKED AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE GUARDIAN , NEW STATESMAN , OBSERVER , IRISH TIMES , INDEPENDENT , IRISH INDEPENDENT , IRISH EXAMINER , TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT , SCOTSMAN , THE TIMES AND ECONOMIST AN i-PAPER AND SUNDAY TIMES BOOK TO READ THIS SUMMER SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2025 WALTER SCOTT PRIZE WINNER OF THE HWA GOLD CROWN 'An absolute belter of a book' ANNE ENRIGHT He was ready to die for love. He just needed to find the right girl. October, 1891. Tom Rourke is a poet struggling to make a life amongst the Irish migrant workers in Butte, Montana. He is a doper and a drinker and a fearsome degenerate. His life is heading nowhere fast. That is until he meets Polly Gillespie, the new bride of a devout mine captain, and a thunderbolt love affair takes spark. Tom and Polly strike out west on a stolen horse. But a posse of deranged Cornish gunsmen are in hot pursuit of the lovers, and closing in fast . . .
| EAN: | 9781837260799 |
| Farbverschnitt: | Generell werden die Bücher ohne Farbverschnitt geliefert, auch wenn die Abbildungen einen Farbverschnitt zeigen. |
| Erscheinungsjahr: | 10.04.2025 |
| Autoren: | Barry, Kevin |
| Seitenzahl/Blattzahl: | 224 |
| Themenüberschrift: | FICTION / Historical |
| Keyword: | love story; revenge plot; page-turner; The Wild West; Montana; cowboys; immigrants; fate; free will; Christianity; The Wild West; western novel; revenge plot; historical tale; historical romance; star-crossed lovers; love story; page-turner; nineteenth century; Montana; American novel; Irish novel; outlaws; outsiders; cowboys; immigrants; immigrant community; Irish Americans; fate; free will; Christianity |
| Fachschema: | Englische Bücher / Belletristik / Roman, Erzählung~Irische Belletristik / Historischer Roman, Erzählung |
| Fachkategorie: | Belletristik: allgemein und literarisch |
| Länge: | 198 mm |
| Breite: | 129 mm |