M John Harrison becomes oldest Booker Prize winner at 81 for ‘The End of Everything’
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M John Harrison has won the Booker Prize for his book titled The End of Everything. At 81 years old, he is the oldest person to ever receive this award. The novel is set in a seaside town in Kent and depicts an apocalypse. Despite the dark setting, judges noted that the story maintains a sense of hope.
Judges said his apocalyptic novel set in a Kentish seaside town still contained a sense of hope