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 are
introduced to the loyal friend he once was, his loving wife, the city of
Dublin, and the question of how this very ordinary man has become so
lonely at the end of his life. Told in reverse, from Farley's
penultimate day to decades before, Christine Dwyer Hickey's bestseller
is a jarring look at a life up close. First published in 2011, The Cold
Eye of Heaven shows Dwyer Hickey's lyrical prose at its best: rendering
sorrow, joy, wisdom, and humor in equal measure. Acutely insightful,
this is an eerily accurate portrait of what it's like to grow old.