Milkman

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

'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