The Pilgrimage by Broderick, John

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Author: Broderick, JohnModern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)Published on 21 May 2026 by PUSHKIN PRESS in the United Kingdom.Paperback | 224 pages129 x 198 x 21 | 206g
Fearless and frank and sometimes comic Colm TibnI absolutely lovedThe Pilgrimage Brilliant A book about what it feels like to live with doubt and still keep going Orla MackeyA brooding and beautifully observed short novel Jan CarsonSomeone knows about Julia Glynns 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 Julias trysts with Michaels nephew in obscene detail.Frantic 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.Frank in its depiction of sexuality and queerness in 1950s Ireland,The Pilgrimagewas immediately banned on original publication. Outrageous and bleakly funny, it is a powerful evocation of the corrosive effects of repression.