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Literary Fiction · TenseA young woman is pursued by a paramilitary man in an unnamed city divided by conflict
Milkman
by Anna Burns
2018368 pagesDemanding readSlow pace
★ Booker Prize, 2018
A woman is watched in a divided city
The narrator, known as middle sister, lives in a city that resembles Belfast during the Troubles. When a paramilitary leader known as the milkman begins to pursue her, gossip in her community makes her situation worse. It won the 2018 Booker Prize.
More about this book
Who
Middle sister and the milkman.
World
An unnamed city in the 1970s.
What makes it different
No names are given for people or places.
Feel
Tense and darkly funny.
Page count and cover shown for: Selected edition
Further reading
- MilkmanWikipedia