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Book 45: Milkman by Anna Burns. Audiobook.
In a city of the 1970s, ruled by sectarian violence, Middle Sister finds that she has come to the attention of the district's gossip mongers. She has been seen with an eminent para-military gunman called The Milkman, so obviously she is having an affair with him. In a community where it is best to go unnoticed, attention can be dangerous.
Although the city is unnamed, it is quite clearly Belfast of the 1970s, when sectarian violence was at its height. Take note those of you assuming this is a dystopian tale (and I have seen more than a few reviews stating this), this book quite faithfully portrays aspects of the Catholic side of the political troubles in 1970s Northern Ireland. .
Milkman won the Man Booker Prize 2018, and has been short-listed for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2019.
This was my latest read from the Women's Prize short-list, although I actually ended up listening to the audio book, rather than reading the text copy I had bought. It is beautifully read by the Northern Irish actress Brid Brennan.
Quite simply, this audio book is fantastic. The spoken text is rambling, but it picks up up and carries you along, with the lyrical tones of the Northern Irish accent. It just flows over you. Superb.
The subject matter is heavy, but there is so much dark humour here that you almost won't notice!
I have too much to say about this book to cover in this brief space, so please see my full review here:
https://brownflopsy.blogspot.com/2019/05/milkman-by-anna-burns.html
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First book of July is "Milkman" by Anna Burns.
I have been contemplating buying the physical copy for a while now but I ended up downloading the audiobook narrated by Brid Brennan.
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#shadowdancer (#2012) : Drag set, #belfast, 1973. A young son have just been shot down. Drop set, #london, 1993. A young #irish sister have just been caught after attempting a bomb attack on the tube. Why does she accepted #informant enrollment against her own side? Cut and paste intelligences on #ireland shadow dancefield. How long the dance will last? Will she keep her son safe? How valuable is a life of freedom? Good heartbreaking and hungry story with three twist and turns in end. Great casting, remarkably performed! #andreariseborough #gilliananderson #cliveowen #aidangillan #domhnallgleeson #bridbrennan #davidwillmot #stuartgraham #martinmccann #jamesmarsh (director) #tombradby (screenplay)
Some more #bts shots of Phoenix with @aylin.tezel. With the amazing @leonie__benesch #killianscott #bridbrennan in front of my #lens
Beautiful photographs by @henkotte .
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Some jaws will drop when I relate how much I laughed at Pinter 4 this afternoon. But laugh I did. Repeatedly! The two one act plays, Moonlight and Night School, show Pinter at his most mischievous. His love of wordplay, of meanings that slip and slide, sparkles. Sentences begin in workaday clothes and end looping the loop in spangly fancy dress. And what an exemplary cast! Robert Glenister, Brid Brennan, Janie Dee and Peter Polycarpou to name but four.
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