Milkman by Anna Burns, wins 2018 Man Booker Prize

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Milkman by Anna Burns, wins 2018 Man Booker Prize

Oct 16 2018

Anna Burns won the 2018 Man Booker Prize for her third novel, Milkman. Burns, 56, is the first writer from Northern Ireland to win the Booker. She accepted the prize tonight at a lavish ceremony in London.

Burns’s dark, experimental novel is about a bookish 18-year-old girl caught up in the Troubles in Northern Ireland. Originally set to be published in the United States next fall, Graywolf Press announced tonight that Milkman will be released on Dec. 11.

Source: The Milkman at BookBrowse

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