Milkman

Author(s): Anna Burns

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In an unnamed city, middle sister stands out for the wrong reasons. She reads while walking, for one. And she has been taking French night classes downtown. So when a local paramilitary known as the milkman begins pursuing her, she suddenly becomes "interesting," the last thing she ever wanted to be. Despite middle sister's attempts to avoid him--and to keep her mother from finding out about her maybe-boyfriend--rumors spread and the threat of violence lingers.  Milkman is a story of the way inaction can have enormous repercussions, in a time when the wrong flag, wrong religion, or even a sunset can be subversive. Told with ferocious energy and sly, wicked humor, Milkman establishes Anna Burns as one of the most consequential voices of our day.

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Shortlisted for the 2019 Women's Prize for Fiction Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2018

"Everything about this novel rings true. . . . Original, funny, disarmingly oblique and unique."--The Guardian

General Fields

  • : 9780571338740
  • : Faber & Faber, Limited
  • : Faber & Faber
  • : 0.499
  • : March 2018
  • : ---length:- '23.4'width:- '15.3'units:- Centimeters
  • : New Zealand
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : FA
  • : 368
  • : very good
  • : very good
  • : 823.92
  • : English
  • : Paperback
  • : Anna Burns