The Cold Eye of Heaven

Farley is an elderly Dublin man, frail in body but sharp as a tack. Waking in the middle of the night, he finds himself lying paralyzed on the cold bathroom floor. And so his mind begins to move backwards, taking us with him.
As Farley unravels the warp and weft of his life, he relives its loves, losses and betrayals with the darkly comic wit of a true Dubliner. For this is also Dublin's story, the city Farley has seen through poverty and prosperity, boom and bust - each the other's constant companion during his seventy-five years.

About the author

Christine Dwyer Hickey is an award winning novelist and short story writer. Her novel The Cold Eye of Heavenwon the Irish Novel of the Year of the Year 2012, was shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards 2011 and nominated for the IMPAC 2013 award. Last Train from Liguria was shortlisted for the Prix L'Européen de Littérature andTatty was chosen as one of the 50 Irish Books of the Decade as well as being nominated for The Orange Prize and shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards novel of the year 2004. Her first novel The Dancer was shortlisted for Irish Novel of the Year.
She has won several short story awards and her first collection The House on Parkgate Street and other Dublin stories was published in 2013. Her first play, Snow Angels premiered at the Project Theatre Dublin in 2014 and the text of same is published in March 2015 (New Island Books). The Lives of Women is her seventh novel. She is a member of Aosdana.

Product details

• Authors: Christine Dwyer Hickey, Hickey Christine Dwyer
• Publisher: Atlantic Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 07.08.2025
• EAN: 9781805464402
• ISBN: 978-1-80546-440-2
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / General, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), FICTION / Family Life / General, FICTION / Biographical, FICTION / Literary, FICTION / Cultural Heritage, Family life fiction, Fiction: general and literary, Biographical fiction / autobiographical fiction