A triumph of voice . . . darkly hilarious. -- Justine Jordan ? Guardian BOOKS OF THE YEAR

The narrator of Milkman disrupts the status quo not through being political, heroic or violently opposed, but because she is original, funny, disarmingly oblique and unique: different. The same can be said of this book. -- Claire Kilroy ? Guardian

Anna Burns is part of a movement of new and established female Belfast writers... along with Lucy Caldwell, Roisín O'Donnell, Jan Carson and others . . . It is an impressive, wordy, often funny book and confirms Anna Burns as one of our rising literary stars. -- Adrian McKinty ? Irish Times

A darkly funny novel about Seventies Belfast that leaves words ominously unspoken. -- Cal Revely-Calder ? Daily Telegraph

Milkman is delivered in a breathless, hectic, glorious torrent.The pace doesn't let up for a single moment . . . Apotent and urgent book, with more than a hint of barely contained fury. ? Irish Independent

Profound, punchy, powerful prose... A tale of gossip and hearsay, silence and deliberate deafness, it's thought-provoking stuff. ? Sunday Telegraph, STELLA, Stella Loves

Mercurial. Profound. Hilarious. Brilliant. I've been waiting for a book like this for thirty years. -- Eoin McNamee

Original and thought-provoking . . . Burns ingeniously draws comparisons between the hypocrisies and injustices of a sectarian society and the troubled and misunderstood experience of female adolescence. That she successfully tackles her serious mission with razor sharp wit, warm humour and great compassion is even more impressive. This one's a keeper. ? Big Issue

Milkman is remarkable. A tale told by a voice that's utterly compelling and which you read with the feeling that you're being led down the darkest of rabbit holes. Irresistible and disturbing. ? Jess Kidd

Incredible . . . Anna Burns brilliantly mines the interstices of language to give articulation to the slippery machinations of prejudice and intimidation . . . Her writing is uncompromising, powerful, essential. ? Michele Forbes, author of Ghost Moth

Utterly brilliant - a once-in-a-generation novel. -- Glenn Patterson

I can't remember the last time I read prose so profound and so punchy, at once scattergun and forensic. It's like the ink's been made from gunpowder. And every line leaves a darkly sparkling residue you won't be able to wash off. ? Helen Brown, on Little Constructions

A masterclass in technique, Burns' powerful, disturbing book is not for anyone who prefers their reading cosy or comforting. ? Irish Times, on No Bones

Told in a glorious rush of words, it's funny, desperate and compulsively readable. ? Sunday Express

Darkly comic . . . The jokes, like the plot, come out viciously askew. ? Telegraph

WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2018
SHORTLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE 2019
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2019
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTION 2019

Milkman is extraordinary. I've been reading passages aloud for the pleasure of hearing it. It's frightening, hilarious, wily and joyous all at the same time. - Lisa McInerney, author of The Glorious Heresies

This beautiful and painful novel by Orange Prize shortlisted Anna Burns blends shades of early Edna O'Brien with Eimear McBride's exquisite ability to capture voice.