{"product_id":"the-pilgrimage","title":"The Pilgrimage","description":"\u003cp\u003e‘Fearless and frank and sometimes comic’ Colm Tóibín\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘I absolutely loved The Pilgrimage… Brilliant… A book about what it feels like to live with doubt and still keep going’ Orla Mackey\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘A brooding and beautifully observed short novel’ Jan Carson\u003c\/p\u003e\n\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\n\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\n\u003cp\u003eFrank in its depiction of sexuality and queerness in 1950s Ireland,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Pilgrimage\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas immediately banned on original publication. Outrageous and bleakly funny, it is a powerful evocation of the corrosive effects of repression.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Broderick","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56907192828282,"sku":null,"price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0003\/6778\/8068\/files\/D48E8469-92B9-4D93-A134-995BC9658481.jpg?v=1779278201","url":"https:\/\/raremags.co.uk\/products\/the-pilgrimage","provider":"Rare Mags","version":"1.0","type":"link"}