This is a bad news-bad news review. First the first bad news: I didn’t like it. And the second bad news? The author may never write again. “Milkman,” Anna Burns’ third book, sold more than 350,000 ...

"Milkman" by Belfast author Anna Burns is the July 2025 selection for the IrishCentral Book Club. Each month, we will pick a new Irish book or a great book by an Irish author and celebrate the amazing ...

There were two separate narratives in the United Kingdom after the announcement that Anna Burns’ novel “Milkman” had won the 2018 Booker Prize. Firstly, the win elevated Anna Burns as a folk hero, as ...