The Pilgrimage by John Broderick

Description Banned on its 1961 release and long overlooked, The Pilgrimage returns as a startlingly modern portrait of desire, secrecy and small-town conformity. John Brodericks fearless debut follows Julia Glynn, a respectable wife in an Irish midlands town whose carefully arranged life begins to fracture after a series of anonymous letters expose the frailty of the world she inhabits. As Julia, her ailing husband, their watchful manservant and an ambitious young doctor prepare for a pilgrimage to Lourdes, the novel plunges into the hypocrisies, longings and unspoken tensions that shape a society crackling with self-awareness and concealed passions. Darkly comic, unsettling and steeped in the atmosphere of 1950s Ireland, The Pilgrimage offers a daring exploration of sexuality, power and self-deception. Tt stands as a vivid, transgressive classic that feels as provocative, and as essential, as ever. Customers Also Liked Related products An Apology For Roses by John Broderick The Waking Of Willie Ryan by John Broderick Wild Irish Women: Extraordinary Lives from History by Marian Broderick Bold, Brilliant and Bad: Irish Women from History by Marian Broderick Reviews