Milkman /
Published by : Faber & Faber Limited, (London :) , 2018 Physical details: 348 pages ; 23 cm. ISBN:0571338747; 9780571338740; 0571342736; 9780571342730.
Subject(s):
2000-2099
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City and town life
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Fiction.
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Interpersonal relations
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Fiction.
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Families
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Fiction.
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Secrecy
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Fiction.
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Gossip
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Fiction.
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English fiction
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Irish authors
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21st century.
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English fiction
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Irish authors.
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Gossip - Fiction.
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Secrets - Fiction.
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Domestic fiction.
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Thrillers (Fiction).
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Psychological fiction.
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Psychological fiction.
List(s) this item appears in:
Award Longlist - Man Booker
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Awarded General Fiction
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves |
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| Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Fiction | BUR | Available | 068151 |
Total reserves: 0
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 the story of inaction with enormous consequences.
Winner 2018 Man Booker Prize for Fiction.
Winner 2018 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction.
