'Baffling but brilliant' post-apocalyptic novel The End of Everything wins Booker Prize
Summary
M John Harrison won the £50,000 Booker Prize for The End of Everything, a post-apocalyptic novel about life on the south-east English coast after an unexplained disaster. At 81, he became the oldest Booker winner, surpassing Margaret Atwood.Key Facts
- Harrison was announced as the winner at a ceremony in London on Monday.
- The novel follows a man and his aunt as they face a collapsed society and the arrival of mysterious alien beings.
- Harrison said he left much of the disaster’s background unexplained to convey the characters’ confusion to readers.
- Booker judges’ chair Dame Mary Beard called the novel challenging and said it leaves readers with a twinge of optimism.
- Harrison has written 13 novels, five short story collections and an “anti-memoir” during a career spanning about 60 years.
- The other shortlisted authors were Marlon James, Luke Kennard, Rebecca Perry, Elizabeth Strout and Douglas Stuart.
- The Booker Prize recognizes the best novel written in English and published during the year up to 30 September.
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