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 a story of inaction with enormous consequences.
This week, the audio book version of Anna Burns's Milkman has made it into the top 50 bestsellers in the Fiction category. You can legally download or stream this audio book and listen to it for free at Spotify, and in high quality at Audible.