The PilgrimageIntroduction by Colm Tibn Banned on its 1961 release and long overlooked, The Pilgrimage returns as a startlingly modern portrait of desire, secrecy and smalltown 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

O’Rawe asks: why

It came mellow and low then quicker and harder and pizzicato and striking each note

thoughtful

forcing it from the wood and into the still sycamores

Malory and William Law

the intricacies of language and

but that is sufficient – we are all gay as larks

County Monaghan

Skilfully compiled and edited by his son Brian Fallon

with bread and other milling components playing a central role in the Irish diet

Pollexfens

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