
2013 Longlist
Cold Eye of Heaven
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.
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
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Nominating Library