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Milkman

Written by: Anna Burns
Narrated by: Bríd Brennan
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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 a story of inaction with enormous consequences.

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This book is a wonderful experience, both in the audiobook format and the print versions.

I recommend both. The audio offers a cadence, flow and tone which is difficult to achieve from reading the print. However the print demonstrates the unique style that the author wrote with; the sentence and paragraph structure given a different from to the story. The print versions also makes the neologisms more obvious.

Literary fiction at a pinnacle of perfection.

Perfect book.

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I find the writing so remarkable, and the narration perfect. It's poignant and hilarious in turns. Very enjoyable listen!

I can't stop listening to this book

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There was moments when I laughed out load and was on the edge of my seat.
The narrator delivered Anna’s writing so beautifully.
I did not mind the unnamed characters as the descriptions of the unnamed characters was humorous and compelling.

Loved!

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Milkman by Anna Burns is Joycean in its language and stylistically unique and challenging. After 50 pages I asked myself if the author could keep this pace up. Burns succeeds.
The reading by Brid Brennann perfectly captures the cadences of the language of the many characters as they attempt to live ordinary lives in extraordinary circumstances

Brilliant

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The narrator was excellent but this book was tedious and rambling. I had to force myself to finish it for book club or I would have discarded it.

Had to force myself to finish

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