Each Sheila Armstrong book is better than the last and The Red Mouth is a particularly accomplished piece of writing. Polyphonic, ingenuous and so deftly written every scene is painterly. Her writing keeps careful time with the landscape, language and rich traditions of Ireland, making this a novel with one eye trained on the past and the other soldered to the here and now

JAN CARSON, author of The Raptures

A phenomenal novel - expansive, funny and so, so beautiful. To read Sheila Armstrong is a unique experience. The Red Mouth has a hallucinatory quality, and its characters still haunt me. One of the best reading experiences I've had in years

LOUISE NEALON, author of Snowflake

Armstrong writes with such sensitivity to the repercussions of history, and such keen attention to the particularities and peculiarities of human and animal behaviour. A truly remarkable, exquisitely composed novel

SARA BAUME, author of Seven Steeples

Sheila Armstrong unearths a story of deep relevance in these difficult times, tying our fates to the land and our relationship to our past, present and future. Told in beautiful, rich prose with deep affection for the bog, its traditions and secrets, giving us a mirror to examine ourselves with, and a place to hide all our shame and sins. The bog seeps into your psyche, it becomes alive, dense with seasons, secrets, and eventually solace. Armstrong reveals so much about our true natures with stunning sentences and dark humour. A masterpiece

OLIVIA FITZSIMONS, author of The Quiet Whispers Never Stop

An absolute tour de force of language, The Red Mouth pulses with beauty, insight and mounting dread. Sheila Armstrong is one of the most powerful writers at work today - she delves unflinchingly into the treasures and terrors that dwell beneath all our ordinary and extraordinary lives. This novel is a remarkable artistic achievement

COLIN WALSH, author of Kala

The Red Mouth is a work of great emotional depth and psychological insight - to read Armstrong's writing is to be enriched

ALAN MURRIN, author of The Coast Road