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Milkman, a high-ranking paramilitary officer, takes an interest in the girl, beginning to stalk her and offer her unwanted car rides. Rumours spread that the girl is having an affair with the married Milkman, straining her relationship with her mother and the wider community.
May 15, 2018 · Set in an unnamed city that's probably Belfast in the 1970s, Milkman follows an unnamed narrator who's believed by her community to be having an affair with a man known only as 'the milkman,' who isn't actually a milkman.
Dec 4, 2018 · We’ve waited almost two months to get our hands on Anna Burns’s “Milkman,” the novel that won the Man Booker Prize in London on Oct. 16. Now, it finally arrives in America during the ...
Book Summary. Winner of the 2018 Man Booker Prize, Milkman is a tale of gossip and hearsay, silence and deliberate deafness. It is the story of inaction with enormous consequences. In an unnamed city, middle sister stands out for the wrong reasons. She reads while walking, for one.
Dec 4, 2018 · 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.
May 15, 2018 · Guardian. 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'.
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Dec 4, 2018 · 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.
Apr 14, 2023 · Anna Burns offers a tale of gossip and hearsay, silence and deliberate deafness. It is the story of inaction with enormous consequences. Colin Crummy, who grew up in South Armagh, explains how Anna Burns’ Booker winner Milkman held up a mirror to a world of suspicion, surveillance and groupthink.
