Brief reviews of works by John Broderick, Antonia Senior and Momo Yamaguchi
The Pilgrimage by John Broderick (Pushkin Press, £12.99)
Frank O’Connor likened the world of the 19th-century novel to life in Irish provincial towns, where “Madame Bovary lived across the way”. This is an apt frame for long-overlooked writer John Broderick’s debut, banned on publication in 1961 for its blunt depiction of adultery and queerness in Irish life.
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