Milkman
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3.3
(220)
Anna Burns
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
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More Details:
Author
Anna Burns
Pages
352
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Published Date
2018-05-15
ISBN
0571338763 9780571338764
Ratings
Google: 4.5
Community ReviewsSee all
"Unusual writing style and I struggled, especially at the beginning. Stories of Ireland and The Troubles are eye-opening and this one makes the stories oh-so-personal, showing the dramatic impact on day-to-day life. "
Jackie Davidson
"This was a DNF for me. Can appreciate the stylistic quality of the writing but couldn't get into it. Took too long for anything of interest to happen. Too many other books..."
Anne G
"I generally enjoy atypical sentence structure, but this was just distracting. The writing style was too off the wall for me to even get invested in the story. Bummer. "
Emily Calleja
"The audiobook is incredible. The intonation, the sarcasm, the between-the-lines implications shine when heard aloud."
h anah
"Just picked this one up left at the bottom of someone's garden. Looks interesting. "
Richard Jennings
"@debra_wolf it took me a couple of times to get into it (life, etc. getting in the way) but once I got on a roll, I was totally engaged. The narration is a bit different from what I'm used to, but I think it enhanced the overall story. "
Christina Norman-Gohn
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