5/19/2023 0 Comments Milkman novel![]() There are some wonderful snippets such as.'the only time anybody would call the police would be to shoot them. This makes it really easy to keep track of who everybody is. Mostly the characters are only given nick-names Ma, Pa, Elder Sister, Second Sister, First Brother-in-Law, Tablet Girl, Nuclear Boy etc. The no-go areas, over the road, over the water, our religion, the other religion, punishment, behaviour beyond the pale. ![]() Anna Burns' writing gives us insight into what it was like to live amidst the Northern Ireland troubles of the 70s and 80s. She doesn't like the 20th Century so absorbs herself in 19th Century literature which she reads while walking in the park. This is about Middle Sister, 18 years old, perhaps slightly geeky and a social misfit trying to cope with the troubles by avoiding them. ![]()
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