The Man Booker Prize is one of the most esteemed prize in literary circles and the 2018 winner has now been announced. It was back in July we saw the coveted longlist and in September this was reduced down to the Man Booker shortlist. Now in a glittering awards ceremony, Anna Burns, author of Milkman is announced as the Man Booker winner 2018.
Anna Burns is the first Northern Irish winner of the prize and revealed she is ‘stunned’ to win. She will now receive £50,000 in prize money and of course all the accolade and increased sales that come with winning the coveted prize.
Milkman is set in Northern Ireland during The Troubles and is a coming of age story about a young girl’s affair with a married man. Judges called the story marvellous and highlighted the “distinctive and consistently realised voice of the funny, resilient, astute, plain-spoken, first-person protagonist”.
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