{"product_id":"9781782697121-the-pilgrimage","title":"The Pilgrimage","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn erotic nightmare and classic of modern Irish literature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Fearless and frank and sometimes comic' Colm Tóibín\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\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\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e 'A brooding and beautifully observed short novel' Jan Carson\u003c\/b\u003e\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, \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\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57721998016886,"sku":"9781782697121","price":9.76,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_41146258.jpg?v=1778830398","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781782697121-the-pilgrimage","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}