{"product_id":"penguin-mouthing-0241997984","title":"Penguin Mouthing.","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0241997984\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Penguin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSharp-eyed and sharp-tongued, a multigenerational portrait of small-town life in Ireland from a refreshing new talent in literary fiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eWelcome to Ballyrowan.\u003c\/b\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 eccentric 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. The good people of Ballyrowan delight in twisting the knife, in tormenting one another, in perfecting the art of schadenfreude. And, 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 can shift and loosen over decades (and how some things remain stubbornly unchanged). And we see 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 business and everyone has an opinion on it - where 'community' is both a lifeboat and a life sentence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMouthing.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eABISBOOK.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePenguin.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":51494556696864,"sku":"NEW0241997984","price":21.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Used - Good","offer_id":51494556729632,"sku":"USED0241997984","price":21.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/91_pvxFjYxL.jpg?v=1776466272","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/penguin-mouthing-0241997984","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}