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Milkman

By: Anna Burns
Narrated by: Bríd Brennan
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WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2018

'Milkman is extraordinary. I've been reading passages aloud for the pleasure of hearing it. It's frightening, hilarious, wily and joyous all at the same time.' - Lisa McInerney, author of The Glorious Heresies

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.

©2018 Anna Burns (P)2018 Faber Audio Contemporary Fiction Fiction Genre Fiction
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OMG, I loved it, blew my mind, couldn’t put it down! Highly recommended this story.

Speechless

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The narration makes this wonderful story even better. It is a perfect match. Gorgeous lyrical writing.

Great narrator

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Well read but far too repetitive! Needs a good editor to shorten it by a third. Almost gave up at the beginning because the style was annoying! However the story was saved by the narrator!

The Milkman

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I don't wish to go into detail on the various "rules" I referred to in the subject header (if it's important to you, then please listen and learn). But I listened to this with admiration - all the while thinking that various aspects of writing craft went against the general wisdom. Despite the story being a little slow in places, this worked superbly, drawing the listener into a world that thankfully we don't live in - at least not anymore. It amazes me that anyone survived that episode in NI history.

The narrator was great, combining the advent with all the right nuances. well done.

Breaks so many rules of writing craft, but works!

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Cant wait to listen to the next one started straight away. I have never been to Russia but now I want to go

loved loved loved

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