Mike McCormack seems to be tuned in to a different cosmic frequency than the rest of us. Whilst almost all of his work begins in a small, sleepy village in County Mayo on the west coast of Ireland, he has a unique way of making familiar landscapes and usually quiet lives extraordinary and surreal.
Irish novelist Mike McCormack, whose latest is "This Plague of Souls," finds inspiration in surprising places like Louis L'Amour and other classic westerns.
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