'Baffling but brilliant' post-apocalyptic novel The End of Everything wins Booker Prize
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M. M John Harrison has won the Booker Prize for The End of Everything, which the judges described as "the politics of now seen through the lens of the future". Covered by 5 outlets: 2 lean left, 3 are centre.
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81-year-old sci-fi writer becomes oldest-ever winner of $95k Booker Prize
M John Harrison has won the Booker Prize for The End of Everything, which the judges described as "the politics of now seen through the lens of the future".
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M. John Harrison’s ‘The End of Everything’ Wins Booker Prize
M. John Harrison’s dystopian tale “The End of Everything” beat out higher profile books by Marlon James, Elizabeth Strout and Douglas Stuart.
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