Debut novelist Orla Mackey’s novel is full of village life. She speaks with Aine Toner about voices in literature and literary likenessess Orla Mackey. Credit: Claire Dunne Photography The minutiae of village life — the good, the bad, the bizarre — takes centre stage in Orla Mackey’s debut novel.
Mouthing introduces readers to Ballyrowan, a rural Irish locality where, if you scratch the surface, there’s a group of people only too happy to spread other peoples’ stories..