What I’m Reading: “Milkman” by Anna Burns

Every now and then I go on a ‘book browse and buy binge’, i.e. I go into a bookshop, browse all the sections, and choose an array of books in different genres, usually based solely on the interest sparked (in sequential order) by cover art, back cover synopsis, and my perusal of the first few pages.

Milkman is not one of those books. BUT it immediately predates such an expedition by being an airport book, purchased at the start of the journey that incorporated the ‘book browse and buy’ sessio...