{"product_id":"red-mouth","title":"Red Mouth","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An absolute tour de force ... One of the most powerful writers at work today'\u003c\/b\u003e COLIN WALSH\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'When the book burners knock on your door, this is one to hide in the flour barrel'\u003c\/b\u003e ANNIE PROULX\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'I'll read almost anything in sentences so finely made'\u003c\/b\u003e SARAH MOSS\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eSonglike in its beauty ... A work of uncanny power and great depth'\u003c\/b\u003e LOUISE KENNEDY\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cbr\u003e From a rising star in literary fiction comes a story of two discoveries made deep in an Irish bogland, threading together four lives across time.\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e When a dog finds a strange, alien antler in a restored bog, the owner's first thought is to keep it for himself. But when he realises the value of his find, he is drawn back to the rich peat to keep searching. It is not one stag skeleton that is buried there, but dozens - an ancient dying ground of the Great Irish Elk.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Other things have surfaced from the bog: prehistoric settlements, bronze cauldrons, ancient butter, iron weapons - and the mutilated body of a two-thousand-year-old female. Fifty years ago, a young archaeologist named her Belroe Woman, and dedicated his life to telling the story of her sacrificial death.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e While state and public treat the bog body as a national treasure, others must reckon with its otherworldly influence over their lives: the peat-cutter who first unearthed her and carries this discovery like a curse; the archaeologist's daughter who grows up in the shadow of the bog's strange magnetism; and the young environmental scientist whose work draws her back to where it all began.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Haunting and lyrical, \u003ci\u003eThe Red Mouth\u003c\/i\u003e - \u003ci\u003ean béal rua\u003c\/i\u003e - is the story of two discoveries and the four strangers who become intertwined in their wake. The deep time of the bog is both mystical and sinister: those bound to it must decide what to bury - and what to unearth.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'Meditative and profound ... Exquisitely written'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e'With elegant prose and quiet confidence, Armstrong has produced a novel of rare depth and originality'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eIRISH INDEPENDENT\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unity Books","offers":[{"title":"Red Mouth","offer_id":46844082487493,"sku":null,"price":35.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/6679\/3413\/files\/978-1-5266-9113-2.jpg?v=1788311909","url":"https:\/\/unitybooks.myshopify.com\/products\/red-mouth","provider":"Unity Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}