{"product_id":"9781782697121","title":"The Pilgrimage - Colm Toibin","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Fearless and frank and sometimes comic' Colm T�ib�n\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e 'A brooding and beautifully observed short novel' Jan Carson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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\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\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","brand":"Colm Toibin","offers":[{"title":"224 pages \/ 21\/05\/2026 \/ Modern \u0026 contemporary fiction (post c 1945)","offer_id":57110572007799,"sku":"9781782697121","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0682\/9454\/1624\/files\/9781782697121_42189008-d811-4e47-a136-ea84c8bfa081.jpg?v=1780997965","url":"https:\/\/gulpfictionbooks.com\/products\/9781782697121","provider":"Gulp Fiction","version":"1.0","type":"link"}