{"product_id":"the-pilgrimage-by-john-broderick-9781782697121","title":"The Pilgrimage","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSomeone knows about Julia Glynn's affair. She and her 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\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\n\u003cp\u003eFrank in its depiction of sexuality and queerness in 1950s Ireland, \u003cem\u003eThe Pilgrimage\u003c\/em\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\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47665495933164,"sku":"9781782697121","price":32.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781782697121-the-pilgrimage.jpg?v=1779747038","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-pilgrimage-by-john-broderick-9781782697121","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}