{"product_id":"9781782697121","title":"The Pilgrimage","description":"Author(s): Broderick, John, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 21\/05\/2026,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 224 pages,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Pushkin Press,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: PUSHKIN PRESS                  ,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: Modern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945),\u003cbr\u003e Dimensions: 198 x 129\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\/EAN\/SKU: 9781782697121\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Fearless and frank and sometimes comic' Colm Tóibín\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'I absolutely loved \u003ci\u003eThe Pilgrimage\u003c\/i\u003e... Brilliant... A book about what it feels like to live with doubt and still keep going' Orla Mackey\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e 'A brooding and beautifully observed short novel' Jan Carson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSomeone knows about Julia Glynn's affair. She and husband Michael are the envy of their neighbours: prosperous, devout, the model couple. Then one day, an anonymous letter arrives with the morning papers, describing Julia's trysts with Michael's nephew in obscene detail.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrantic with suspicion and frustrated desire, Julia imagines catastrophe in their small, curtain-twitching town. As the letters keep arriving, she struggles to retain composure and proceed with plans for a family pilgrimage to Lourdes - only for other buried scandals to come knocking at the door of their pristine home.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrank in its depiction of sexuality and queerness in 1950s Ireland, \u003ci\u003eThe Pilgrimage\u003c\/i\u003e was immediately banned on original publication. Outrageous and bleakly funny, it is a powerful evocation of the corrosive effects of repression.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Broderick, John","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56638449877378,"sku":"9781782697121","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0568\/2180\/9347\/files\/9781782697121.jpg?v=1778419520","url":"https:\/\/mountfloridabooks.com\/products\/9781782697121","provider":"Mount Florida Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}