Milkman by Anna Burns: Breathless coming-of-age tale set in dystopian future
Fiction: Milkman, Anna Burns, Faber & Faber, paperback, 351 pages, €13.99
Sectarian tension: Anna Burns' novel is set in a city with parallels to Belfast
Tanya Sweeney
As opening lines go, you'd be hard pressed to better Milkman's starting pistol: "The day Somebody McSomebody put a gun to my breast and called me a cat and threatened to shoot me was the same day the milkman died."
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