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M John Harrison becomes first science fiction author to win the Booker prize

M John Harrison becomes first science fiction author to win the Booker prize
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The 81-year-old’s postapocalyptic novel The End of Everything takes home the £50,000 awardGuardian fiction editor Justine Jordan on M John Harrison’s win: A visionary writer gets the recognition he deservesEighty-one-year-old M John Harrison has won the Booker prize for The End of Everything, a postapocalyptic novel set on a near-future Kent coast, becoming the oldest winner in the award’s history.Gaby…

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