Milkman

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.