{"product_id":"9781843519782","title":"An Apology for Roses","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1973 and swiftly banned,\u003cstrong\u003e John Broderick's\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eAn Apology for Roses\u003c\/em\u003e returns as one of the most audacious portraits of provincial Ireland ever written. Set in a midlands town where respectability masks obsession, corruption and thwarted desire, the novel follows the intersecting lives of Marie Fogarty - clever, restless, dangerously sure of her own charm - and Father Tom Moran, the charismatic curate drawn into her orbit. Around them spin the claustrophobic rituals of family, gossip, religion and commerce: suffocating drawing‑rooms heated to excess, whispered devotions, clandestine meetings in lakeside chalets, nights of hunger, fear, exhilaration and betrayal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBroderick exposes the hypocrisies of Irish Catholic life with wit, psychological acuity and a fearless eye for the erotic and the grotesque. A novel banned in its own time for its frankness, \u003cem\u003eAn Apology for Roses\u003c\/em\u003e stands now as a darkly glittering masterpiece, bold, unsettling, and unforgettably alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"The Lilliput Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57247619547509,"sku":"9781843519782","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0289\/5334\/6096\/files\/9781843519782.jpg?v=1780491717","url":"https:\/\/goldenharebooks.com\/products\/9781843519782","provider":"Golden Hare Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}