Milkman :#1 IRISH TIMES BEST IRISH BOOK OF THE 21ST CENTURY
Milkman :#1 IRISH TIMES BEST IRISH BOOK OF THE 21ST CENTURY
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20 September, 2018
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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
Prizes
Winner of Man Booker Prize 2018 (UK)
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780571338757 |
| ISBN10 | 0571338755 |
| Number Of Pages | 368 |
| Item Weight | 304 g |
| Product Dimensions | 129 x 198 x 22 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Faber & Faber |
| Format | paperback |
| Edition | Main - Re-issue |
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Author's Bio
Anna Burns was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. She is the author of two previous novels, No Bones and Little Constructions, and of the novella Mostly Hero. No Bones won the Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize and was shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction. Milkman has, to date, won the Man Booker Prize 2018, the 2019 Orwell Prize for Political Fiction, and the International Dublin Literary Award 2020, and was shortlisted for the Women's Prize and the Rathbone's Folio Prize.