To Be a Pilgrim, second novel in a trilogy by Joyce Cary, published in 1942. The novel is told in the voice of Tom Wilcher, an old man who is out of touch with the values of his era. Herself Surprised (1941) and The Horse’s Mouth (1944) are the first and third novels in the trilogy.

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