Milkman: #1 IRISH TIMES BEST IRISH BOOK OF THE 21ST CENTURY

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE WINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICALSHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION'Potent and urgent.' IRISH INDEPENDENT'Original, funny, disarmingly oblique.' CLAIRE KILROY'A triumph. . . darkly hilarious' GUARDIANIn this unnamed city, to be interesting is dangerous. Middle sister is busy attempting to keep her mother from discovering her maybe-boyfriend and to keep everyone in the dark about her encounter with Milkman. But when first brother-in-law sniffs out her struggle, and rumours start to swell, middle sister becomes 'interesting'. The last thing she ever wanted to be. Anna Burns' book 'Milkman' was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 2018-12-31, 2018-01-07

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE
WINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD
WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN''S PRIZE FOR FICTION

‘Proof that people want to read stimulating novels that make them see the world differently.’ DAILY TELEGRAPH
‘If Beckett had written a prose poem . . it would read a lot like this.’ DAILY MAIL

In an unnamed city, where to be interesting is dangerous, an eighteen-year-old woman has attracted the unwanted and unavoidable attention of a powerful and frightening older man, ''Milkman''. In this community, where suggestions quickly become fact, where gossip and hearsay can lead to terrible consequences, what can she do to stop a rumour once it has started? Milkman is persistent, the word is spreading, and she is no longer in control . . .

Anna Burns'' book ''Milkman'' was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 2018-12-31, 2018-01-07

• | Author: Anna Burns
• | Publisher: Faber & Faber
• | Publication Date: Sep 20, 2018
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9780571338757
• | ISBN-10: 0571338755