Milkman by Anna Burns - Man Booker Prize Winning Novel - Fiction - Paperback Book

Details. Condition: New. Format: Paperback. ISBN: 9780571338757. Publisher: Faber & Faber. Age Range: Adult (18+). Overview. Milkman is Anna Burns' extraordinary, Booker Prize-winning novel of gossip, surveillance, and survival in an unnamed city gripped by suspicion. Told through the distinctive, darkly funny voice of eighteen-year-old "middle sister," it explores how rumour becomes inescapable reality once a dangerous older man known only as "milkman" begins to take an interest in her. Original in style and unflinching in its portrayal of communal control, this is a modern classic of literary fiction for readers who love challenging, voice-driven storytelling.. About the Book. Set during an unspecified conflict in an unnamed city, evoking Belfast during the Troubles, Milkman follows a young woman who becomes the object of unwanted attention from a much older, powerful paramilitary figure referred to only as "the milkman." As whispers spread through her tightly wound community, she finds herself trapped by a rumour she cannot control, her every action scrutinised and reinterpreted. Anna Burns builds a suffocating atmosphere through an unforgettable narrative voice: wry, meandering, acutely observant, and laced with dark humour even as it charts real danger and fear. Characters are never named, referred to instead by their relationships and reputations — "maybe-boyfriend," "first brother-in-law," "tablets girl" — reinforcing the novel's themes of surveillance and the erasure...