{"product_id":"9781782697121","title":"The Pilgrimage","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: John Broderick\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 21 May 2026 by Pushkin Press in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 224 pages\u003cbr\u003e129 x 198 x 21 | 206g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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":"Cobham Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56655697674626,"sku":"9781782697121","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0569\/4567\/2367\/files\/9781782697121.jpg?v=1779085057","url":"https:\/\/www.cobhambooks.com\/products\/9781782697121","provider":"Cobham Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}