Sarah (menace mode)'s Reviews > The Heart in Winter

If Cormac McCarthy wrote a Bonnie & Clyde story while also tripping balls on psychedelics, it would be this book. “The Heart in Winter” manages to be a funny and satirical look at the immigrant experience during the American West, while also being a deeply tragic character study of two individuals that have been absolutely FUCKED by life and baby IT WORKS. I was so sucked in by the prose and the breakneck speed of the story and plot that I didn’t even notice I was crying at the end. I’ve never read Kevin Barry’s writing before but let me tell you! I will now! I can see the issues people will have with this style of writing, but I myself loved the absolute mindfuckery of it all. Bold of you to assume I’d give a doomed love story between two damaged mental cases less than 4 stars.