{"product_id":"the-pilgrimage-paperback","title":"The Pilgrimage - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Broderick\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eColm T?ib?n\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn erotic nightmare of Catholic longing, guilt, and desire and a banned classic of modern Irish literature.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWealthy and devout, Michael and Julia Glynn are the envy of their neighbors and the model Irish Catholic couple, bearing Michael's increasingly painful and crippling arthritis with stoicism. In hope of a miracle, their priest suggests a family pilgrimage to Lourdes. Yet these pious holiday plans are thrown into disarray when anonymous, obscene letters begin to arrive, full of terrible accusations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBanned in Ireland on its first publication in 1961, Broderick's debut arrived \"like an incendiary device\" (\u003ci\u003eSunday Independent\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003ci\u003eThe Pilgrimage\u003c\/i\u003e anticipated the deep shifts that would soon turn the country's theocratic society upside down. It is a darkly comic, blasphemous, and sexually charged chamber drama laying bare the hypocrisies of a small Irish town \"as watchful as the jungle,\" and teetering on the brink of catastrophe. In the words of Colm T?ib?n, in his foreword to this edition, \u003ci\u003eThe Pilgrimage\u003c\/i\u003e \"cleared a space in the jungle so that its wildness could be more easily seen.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 8.35 x 4.96 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 04, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52026844512557,"sku":"9781946022950","price":20.19,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/the-pilgrimage-paperback-8191955.webp?v=1777424482","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-pilgrimage-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}