A Shannon-based author has won a prestigious award for debut books.
Tipperary native Donal Ryan has been awarded the £10,000 Guardian first book award 2013 for his novel ‘The Spinning Heart’.
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Also longlisted for the Man Booker prize and winner of the Irish Book Awards Book of the Year 2012, ‘The Spinning Heart’ focuses on rural life in recession-hit Ireland and has been a hit with critics since it was published late last year.
