The Dirty Milkman

by Jerrod Edson

Book by Edson, Jerrod

150 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2006

About the author

Author of seven books. Recipient of The David Adams Richards Prize, Relit Award shortlist. Most recent titles include the novella ANIMALS (2025) and the novel THE BOULEVARD (2023), available at Amazon, Indigo, and Galleon Books.

Reviews

[Jerrod Edson]

Was chosen as one of the best books of 2005 by Ottawa Xpress. This was the book that got me signed to Oberon Press, so it always holds a special place for me.

[Renee Layberry · Rating 3 out of 5]

Edson has a knack for capturing and describing "bad" behavior in his characters in a way that doesn't force the reader to judge (or endorse, for that matter). I really like his ability to illustrate how his characters experience simpler moments, like noticing the sun through the trees or smoke rising to the ceiling. I must admit that I enjoyed The Goon more, but that was a later book, and in that one I can definitely feel his sense for evolving as a storyteller.

The Dirty Milkman has widened my world a bit more by making the East Coast - a part of the country that I've not visited yet - that much more vivid in my imagination. His characters feel like people I know and care for by the end of the story, and the landscape of Saint John is ground that becomes a bit more clearly sketched in my mind than it ever was before.

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