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Milkman

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

Anna Burns author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Faber & Faber

Published:20th Sep '18

Should be back in stock very soon

Milkman cover

A 21st-century masterpiece: winner of the Orwell and Booker Prize, this politically resonant modern classic is now available in a new look.

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


'Potent and urgent.' IRISH INDEPENDENT
'Original, funny, disarmingly oblique.' CLAIRE KILROY
'A triumph. . . darkly hilarious' GUARDIAN

In 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

  • Winner of Man Booker Prize 2018 (UK)

ISBN: 9780571338757

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 22mm

Weight: 304g

368 pages

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