**Winner of the Man Booker Prize **

**Winner of the Man Booker Prize **

** "Everything about this novel rings true. . . . Original, funny, disarmingly oblique and unique."--* The Guardian**In an unnamed city, middle sister stands out for the wrong reasons. She reads while walking, for one. And she has been taking French night classes downtown. So when a local paramilitary known as the milkman begins pursuing her, she suddenly becomes "interesting," the last thing she ever wanted to be. Despite middle sister's attempts to avoid him--and to keep her mother from finding out about her maybe-boyfriend--rumors spread and the threat of violence lingers. Milkman is a story of the way inaction can have enormous repercussions, in a time when the wrong flag, wrong religion, or even a sunset can be subversive. Told with ferocious energy and sly, wicked humor, Milkman * establishes Anna Burns as one of the most consequential voices of our day.