{"product_id":"mouthing-9780241617298","title":"Mouthing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eMouthing is a multigenerational portrait of small-town life in Ireland from a new talent in literary fiction. It is a bittersweet love letter to small-town Irish life, full of disgrace, inherited trauma, and family secrets. It will make you laugh, as it will make you cry. Narrated by several generations of villagers, it traces the fortunes of one small community from the mid-20th century to the early 21st, in a series of highly confessional and darkly hilarious monologues. The good people of Ballyrowan delight in twisting the knife, in tormenting one another, in perfecting the art of schadenfreude, and none of them are entirely reliable witnesses. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 256 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 30 May 2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Penguin Books Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSharp-eyed and sharp-tongued, a multigenerational portrait of small-town life in Ireland from a refreshing new talent in literary fiction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA bittersweet love letter to small-town Irish life over several generations, in the vein of Elizabeth Strouts Olive Kitteridge.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIrish Times.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Full of disgrace, inherited trauma and family secrets. It will make you laugh - because if you didn t, you d surely cry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAingeala Flannery.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘A caustically witty novel for anyone who ever wondered what the neighbours are really up to behind closed doors.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJan Carson.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWelcome to Ballyrowan.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis sleepy corner of rural Ireland may seem tranquil, but scratch the surface and you ll find a hotbed of gossip and intrigue - endless material for mouthing - and a town full of people only too happy to oblige in spreading the bad news.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNarrated by several generations of villagers, Mouthing traces the fortunes of one small community from the mid-20th century to the early 21st, in a series of highly confessional and darkly hilarious monologues.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe good people of Ballyrowan delight in twisting the knife, in tormenting one another, in perfecting the art of schadenfreude.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd, it becomes clear, none of them are entirely reliable witnesses.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs each character offers their version of the truth, upending our assumptions at every turn, we see how feuds are passed down through the generations, how families are estranged or reunited and fortunes made or lost, how strict social expectations loosen over decades (and how some things remain stubbornly unchanged).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnd how secret hopes and private sorrows, triumph and humiliation, pleasure and grief are all absorbed into the merciless chorus of mouthing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMouthing is an acerbic, unsentimental love letter to rural Irish life, where everyone knows everyone else s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 260g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 215 x 135 x 20 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9780241617298\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Orla Mackey","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":46163739312378,"sku":"9780241617298","price":11.06,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/files\/1717185269604_book.jpg?v=1717229477","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/mouthing-9780241617298","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}