Belfast-born author Anna Burns has won the 2018 Man Booker Prize for her novel Milkman. Burns (56) almost did not finish the novel because of the physical pain she suffers caused by complications during surgery. We are delighted to announce our #ManBooker2018 winner is Milkman by Anna Burns https://t.co/ReKPbcWoM6 #FinestFiction pic.twitter.com/tW8vmF7nVj — Man Booker Prize (@ManBookerPrize) October 16, 2018I haven’t stopped talking about Anna Burns’s astonishing Milkman. Anna Burns’s utterly distinctive voice challenges conventional thinking and form in surprising and immersive prose. Eoin McNamee wrote: “I haven’t stopped talking about Anna Burns’s astonishing Milkman.

Source: The Irish Times October 16, 2018 20:48 UTC