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Milkman: WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2018
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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Milkman: WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2018
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Anna Burns
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Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:368 | Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129 |
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Category/Genre | Modern and contemporary fiction (post c 1945) |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780571338757
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Classifications | Dewey:823.92 |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Faber & Faber
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Imprint |
Faber & Faber
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Publication Date |
20 September 2018 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
'Driven by voice; musical, wild, playful and furious. I was in awe of the author.' Sofie Laguna In this unnamed city, to be interesting is dangerous. Middle sister, our protagonist, 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. To be interesting is to be noticed and to be noticed is dangerous. Milkman is a tale of gossip and hearsay, silence and deliberate deafness. It is the story of inaction with enormous consequences.
Author Biography
Anna Burns was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. She is the author of two novels, No Bones and Little Constructions, and of the novella, Mostly Hero. No Bones won the Winifred Holtby Memorial Prize and was short-listed for the Orange Prize for Fiction. She lives in East Sussex, England.
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