From the outset, Milkman is delivered in a breathless, hectic, glorious torrent. The pace doesn't let up for a single moment.... Ann Burns' hectic, stream-of-consciousness writing, [is] not dissimilar to that of Eimear McBride or Flann O'Brien... Her writing has been described as point-blank poetry, and rightly so... an astute, exquisite account of Northern Ireland's social landscape, but Milkman is much more than that, too. It's also a coming-of-age story with flecks of dark humour, yet at other points it's a damning portrait of rape culture, and how women are often regarded in communities like this one. Because of this, Milkman is a potent and urgent book, with more than a hint of barely contained fury. Irish Independent ukryj opis