5 books you must read in December 2018

Winner of the Man Booker Prize, “Milkman” by Anna Burns is a stream-of-consciousness tale of a young protagonist (referred to only as “middle sister”) who attempts to navigate her way through gossip and political intrigue in 1970s Belfast at the height of The Troubles. Milkman of the title is actually a terrorist who stalks the narrator, sparking unfounded rumors. Timely and provocative; not to miss.
In the satirical novel “Radiant Shimmering Light,” author Sa