· Donal Ryan is the author of the novels The Spinning Heart, The Thing About December, the short-story collection A Slanting of the Sun, and the forthcoming novel All We Shall Know. He holds a degree in Law from the University of Limerick, and worked for the National Employment Rights Authority before the success of his first two novels allowed him to pursue writing as a full-time career/5. · This is a heart-twisting tale of a lonely man struggling to make sense of a world moving faster than he is. Donal Ryan's award-winning debut, The Spinning Heart, garnered unprecedented acclaim, and The Thing About December confirms his status show more/5(2K). · The Thing About December by Donal Ryan – review Donal Ryan's second novel, set in rural Ireland, is an exquisite tale of a man-child's struggle to make sense of a greedy worldEstimated Reading Time: 4 mins.
The Thing About December (), Ryan's short story collection A Slanting of the Sun (), All We Shall Know () and From a Low and Quiet Sea () are all published by Lilliput and available in a limited Dublin Edition format, unique to The Lilliput Press. Donal Ryan is a professor of creative writing at the University of Limerick. "Donal Ryan's promising debut novel (The Spinning Heart) is surpassed by a tale (The Thing About December) that is destined to be pored over by judging panels for book prizes Only pages in length, it's the kind of meaty read that should be sold with a knife and fork powerful and satisfying.". "Ryan is a remarkably good chronicler of contemporary Irish life, and The Thing about December fully confirms the promise of his earlier novel." - The Independent (UK) "Donal Ryan's promising debut novel is surpassed by [The Thing About December] Only pages in length, it's the kind of meaty read that should be sold with a knife and.
Donal Ryan is the author of the novels The Spinning Heart, The Thing About December, the short-story collection A Slanting of the Sun, and the forthcoming novel All We Shall Know. He holds a degree in Law from the University of Limerick, and worked for the National Employment Rights Authority before the success of his first two novels allowed him to pursue writing as a full-time career. That he has done so, and with aplomb, is testament to this brightest of new writing talents." -- The Independent. "Donal Ryan's promising debut novel (The Spinning Heart) is surpassed by a tale (The Thing About December) that is destined to be pored over by judging panels for book prizes. The Thing About December by Donal Ryan – review Donal Ryan's second novel, set in rural Ireland, is an exquisite tale of a man-child's struggle to make sense of a greedy world.
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