BUTTE - Irish author Kevin Barrys latest novel The Heart in Winter is set here in Butte where he did research for this novel more than 25 years ago at the Butte Public Archives. He since returned and he says, well, a lot has changed in the Mining City.

I got out of the car on Park Street after 26 years away and the first thing I saw was three very happy, shiny young people walking down the street with their yoga mats under their arm and I went, oh, geez, this place has changed. Kevin Barry said.

One thing that has not changed is the warm reception he received on his return trip to Butte.

When you show up in Butte, Montana, with an actual Irish accent youre very quickly embraced to the bosom of the town, he said.

The town inspired him to write The Heart in Winter a comedic love story th

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