“I didn’t know whose milkman he was. He wasn’t our milkman. I don’t think he was anybody’s. He didn’t take milk orders. There was no milk about him. Also, he didn’t drive a milk lorry. Instead he drove cars, different cars, often flash cars, though he himself was not flashy. For all this though, I only noticed him and his cars when he started putting himself in them in front of me.” . . . Anna Burns’ Man Booker winning novel ‘Milkman’ is a compellingly insightful and unexpectedly relatable account of life during the Troubles in Northern Ireland. Told from the perspective of middle sister - an 18 year old lover of pre-19th century literature and reading while walking - ‘Milkman’ is an incisive portrayal of the subtle and symbolic violence that serves as a central feature of communal existence in civil conflict. Middle sister finds herself pursued by the Milkman, a mysterious paramilitary figure who inserts himself into middle sister’s life through a cocktail of subtle threats and explicit violence. As middle sister finds herself increasingly overwhelmed by paranoia and fear, she is simultaneously isolated by a community that condemns as “beyond the pale.” ‘Milkman’ is a truly incredible novel. Its abstraction of identifying details (the fact, for example, that no characters are named) is central to the book’s efficacy as one of the most important and volatile coming-of-age stories to emerge out of recent years. Click the link in my bio to read a full review. . . . #bookstagram #booksandtea #bookreview #bookrecommendation #booknerd #bookish #bookworm #booklover #igreads #bookaddict #booknerdigans #bookaholic #instabook #reading #instabooks #books #book #bibliophile #booklove #annaburns https://www.instagram.com/p/Bwxa0UBn81J/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=zdxuesf8rlxd
