Man Booker Prize winning Milkman

 

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.

Over the course of the tale, this young woman goes from being a head-down, reading-a-book-as-she-walks, hoping-not-to-be-seen character to somebody with a name and a reputation. All because she catches the eye of a powerful man: The Milkman. He sees her and he wants her — and just like that, she's under everyone's scrutiny, but especially his. This is bewildering to her, but fascinating to us.

 

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