Publication Date: 20/09/2018 ISBN: 9780571338757 Category:

Milkman

Anna Burns

Publisher: Faber & Faber
Publication Date: 20/09/2018 ISBN: 9780571338757 Category:
Paperback / Softback

£9.99

Become the envy of all book lovers with your own Mr B’s sticker to show off where you do your shopping.

Quantity:

Description

WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE
WINNER OF THE DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD

‘Utterly compelling’ Irish Times
‘Original, funny, disarmingly oblique’ CLAIRE KILROY
‘A triumph.’ 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’. 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 . . .

SHORTLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTION

Anna Burns’ book ‘Milkman’ was a Sunday Times bestseller w/c 2018-12-31, 2018-01-07

Find this book on the following lists

  • Talking to Book People About Books (and Other Stuff): Series 1, Episode 6 with Gill Hornby

    Browse The List

Book experts at your service

What are you looking for?

A recommendation
Something specific
  • Mr B's Recommendation Station
  • Fill in the three questions below, along with your name and email address, and our book experts will be in touch soon with their personal recommendations

  • I'm after something specific
  • Tell us about the book, author or subject you're looking for, along with your name and email address and our book experts will be in touch as soon as possible