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Milkman

Auteur(s): Anna Burns
Narrateur(s): 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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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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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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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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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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There was a lot of jibber jabbering throughout the novel which is what makes the novel what it is although I was left wondering what the point was. It was funny and entertaining although I found this made it hard to keep my attention so you have to be in the right mood for it and it's not a book to listen to when you're tired!

Pointlessly entertaining.

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Milkman is an extraordinarily written book! The audiobook version is top notch with Brid Brennan’s lively reading.

Top Notch audiobook

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I have heard from people who tried to read this book, that the writing is impenetrable: written without punctuation or paragraphs, so thank goodness for Bríd Brennan’s incredibly beautiful reading of it. I was enchanted, and amused, and horrified, and, dare-I-say, educated by this wonderful book. Months later her voice and expressions are still in my head. I highly recommend it.

Fantastic book enhanced by great reading

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A compelling story about surveillance, gender norms and collective paranoia told through a character study of a young woman living during the Troubles. It was excellent. Not particularly plot driven but it had great world building and comprehensive analysis of her life.
I definitely recommend for anyone who likes: historical/political fiction.

Milkman review

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I have not enjoyed a novel this much in a while. The story itself is interesting but it is the manner in which the author tells it that makes this novel so captivating. Very original writing indeed. We follow the narrative deep into the psychology and emotions of the characters and their interactions. The situations are at once stifling and absurd. At times I cringed, at others I laughed out loud, and I always felt I was right in there with the narrator, thanks to Ms Brennan’s remarkable reading performance.

Extraordinary writing and reading

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