Romance on the run in the Old West
Kevin Barry’s new novel The Heart in Winter sets passion against violence on the brutal American frontier.
ByNew Times,
New Thinking.
Kevin Barry’s new novel The Heart in Winter sets passion against violence on the brutal American frontier.
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