'A great big rollicking ballad of a novel. A love story, and a slice of history, in a language as close to song as literature will ever get'
- Colum McCann
'Holy damn, it's good. Includes (arguably) THE finest American frontier 'shroom scene in the Western canon'
- David Mitchell
'Kevin Barry lights out for the territory and once again comes back with a shining nugget of gold. The Heart in Winter is a glorious and haunted yarn, with all the elements - the doomed lovers, the bounty hunters, the knife-fights and whisky-soaked songs - brought to mysterious life by the heft and polish of the Barry sentence. Marvellous'
- Jon McGregor
'Another bloody brilliant little symphony from Barry. Gorgeous
- Max Porter
'A haunting, hypnotic love story of two damaged souls. Barry's talent is breath-taking - he is a true original and, once again, words obey his call. This is a propulsive read from a writer at the height of his powers'
- Mary Costello
'If the Coen brothers were to write a novel it would be this. Barry has conjured a magnetic protagonist in Polly'
- Sheena Patel
'Wondrous and bold. I'm in awe of Kevin Barry and endlessly inspired by his work'
- Lisa McInerney
'Such a great read, so warm and so completely engaging of the reader's feelings'
- Mike McCormack
'An Irish western, by turns funny and tragic, full of typically outrageous figures and sublime writing'
- Alex Preston, Observer
'Barry is a clairvoyant narrator of the male psyche and a consistent lyrical visionary'
- Guardian