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

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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 F ICTION'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 MAILIn 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 Show more