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Cold Eye of Heaven
2013 Nominated

Cold Eye of Heaven

Christine Dwyer Hickey

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ABOUT
THE BOOK

Cold Eye of Heaven: the stunning new novel from Christine Dwyer Hickey, bestselling author of Last Train to Liguria.

Farley is dying and we are by his side. As his mind begins to move back over his 75 years, Farley takes us into his past and with the comic wit of a true Dubliner unravels his life – its loves, its losses and its betrayals – right in front of our eyes.

‘This stunning novel has as its core the pulsing heart of love that drives the circulation of every being… Extraordinary’ Independent on Sunday.

 

Christine Dwyer Hickey 2013

ABOUT
THE AUTHOR Christine
Dwyer Hickey

Christine Dwyer Hickey was born in Dublin and is a novelist and short story writer. Her recent novel The Narrow Land won two major prizes: the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction and the inaugural Dalkey Literary Award. 2020 also saw her 2004 novel Tatty chosen for UNESCO’s Dublin One City One Book promotion. Her work has been widely translated into European and Arabic languages. She is an elected member of Aosdana, the Irish academy of arts.

Christine Dwyer Hickey was born in Dublin and is a novelist and short story writer. Her recent novel The Narrow Land won two major prizes: the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction and the inaugural Dalkey Literary Award. 2020 also saw her 2004 novel Tatty chosen for UNESCO’s Dublin One City One Book promotion. Her work has been widely translated into European and Arabic languages. She is an elected member of Aosdana, the Irish academy of arts.

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NOMINATING LIBRARY COMMENTS

Traces the life story of one man but in reverse order, which works well. Detailed and rich, in the catching Dublin dialect.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Date published
01/09/2011
Author
Christine Dwyer Hickey
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Nominating Library
Bergen Offentlige Bibliotek - Norway

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