The Cold Eye of Heaven

The Cold Eye of HeavenThe most profound novel I have read for years. The Guardian Farley, a seventy five year old man, lies on his bathroom floor, having just suffered a stroke. As his mind sifts through his past, we meet the loyal friend he once was, his loving wife, the city of Dublin, and the question of how this very ordinary man became so lonely at the end of his life. Told from Farleys penultimate day to decades before, Christine Dwyer Hickeys bestseller is a jarring