Winner of the Man Booker Prize
“Everything about this novel rings true. . . . Original, funny, disarmingly oblique and unique.”―The Guardian
In
an unnamed city, middle sister stands out for the wrong reasons. She
reads while walking, for one. And she has been taking French night
classes downtown. So when a local paramilitary known as the milkman
begins pursuing her, she suddenly becomes “interesting,” the last thing
she ever wanted to be. Despite middle sister’s attempts to avoid him―and
to keep her mother from finding out about her maybe-boyfriend―rumors
spread and the threat of violence lingers. Milkman is a story of
the way inaction can have enormous repercussions, in a time when the
wrong flag, wrong religion, or even a sunset can be subversive. Told
with ferocious energy and sly, wicked humor, Milkman establishes Anna Burns as one of the most consequential voices of our day.
