Milkman, by Anna Burns ( hardback)
£14.99
Longlisted for the 2018 Booker Prize.
Anna Burns is originally from Belfast but is now based in England.
Milkman is “ a story of hearsay, silence and deliberate deafness. It is the story of inaction with enormous consequences “
Powerful, stream of consciousness prose that feels exhausting but gets under your skin as an astute account of Northern Ireland’s social landscape.
UPDATE 17/10/18 … this novel won the 2018 Booker Prize ( awarded last night) and is also available in paperback at £8.99
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The Fire Starters, Jan Carson (Paperback, March 2020)
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**WINNER of the EU Prize for Literature**'One of the most exciting and original Northern Irish writers of her generation' SUNDAY TIMES'
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