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A savagely funny, achingly beautiful tale set in the Wild West, from the Booker-longlisted author of Night Boat to Tangier.
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...
Description
A savagely funny, achingly beautiful tale set in the Wild West, from the Booker-longlisted author of Night Boat to Tangier.
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...
Détails
| Code EAN : | 9781837260799 |
| Editeur : | Faber and Faber |
| Date de publication : | 30-04-2025 |
| Format : | Livre de poche |
| Langue(s) : | anglais |
| Hauteur : | 200 mm |
| Largeur : | 130 mm |
| Epaisseur : | 15 mm |
| Poids : | 161 gr |
| Stock : | Disponible |
| Nombre de pages : | 224 |
| Mots clés : | westerns;romans;montana;tijdsbeeld;19de eeuw;ierse migranten;verenigde staten;onmogelijke liefde;humoristische literatuur |