The Limerick author has just released his seventh book Author Donal Ryan in the Museum of Literature Ireland. Photo: Tony Gavin In late 2012, I was dispatched to interview a new writer whose debut, The Spinning Heart , had just been acclaimed the Sunday Independent Best Newcomer at the Irish Book Awards, before being named the awards’ overall winner. Multifocal and coloured with a cast of characters who leap vividly from the page, the novel was strikingly accomplished.
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