Mostly Hero

Paperback Published on: 12/03/2026
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Synopsis

FROM THE BOOKER PRIZE WINNER AND BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF MILKMAN
Still eighty-two, still with fifty-seven bullets in her, still dying, and with a blood-trail resembling a post-structuralist anti-principle of a traditional abstracted countercomposition, she was softly cursing and willing herself not to die.
Follow Hero the superhero as he saves the world from villains and falls in love with a femme fatale named Femme Fatale.

Written by Anna Burns before she completed her dazzling Booker-winning novel Milkman, 'Mostly Hero' is a hilarious, witty, hell-raising romp through a world of superheroes.

'This crazy little nugget from the winner of the Booker prize for Milkman is a brutal satire of the superhero phenomenon. It ridicules the mindlessness of violence and the glorification of the same in popular culture, and that with a touch of feminism.' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ reader review

'Out of the ordinary, extraordinary. This is unlike anything.'⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ reader review

'SOOOO WEIRD. SOOOO CRAZY. SOOOO BRILLIANT' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ reader review

Publisher information

  • Publisher: Faber & Faber
  • ISBN: 9780571399734
  • Number of pages: 112
  • Dimensions: 198 x 129 mm
  • Languages: English

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Mostly Hero
Waste of time.
Mildly amusing for a few pages, at most, then nothing better than irritating the rest of the way. She might well be a talented writer - apparently she's wo... READ MORE
Andrew Hammond
Mostly Hero
Not what I expected.
Having loved the Milkman, I was delighted to come across this little story... but sadly I found it a little strange and just not what I was expecting.
Fiona Sharp