'Baffling but brilliant' post-apocalyptic novel The End of Everything wins Booker Prize
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M John Harrison becomes the oldest ever winner of the prestigious literary award at the age of 81. The British science fiction writer beat the favourites to become the oldest winner of the prestigious prize. Covered by 18 outlets: 5 lean left, 11 are centre, 1 lean right, 1 are not rated.
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M John Harrison wins Booker Prize with dystopian novel The End Of Everything
He has become the oldest winner in the history of the Booker Prize, surpassing The Handmaid’s Tale author Margaret Atwood.
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At 81, M John Harrison wins Booker Prize. His novel imagines the end of everything
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M John Harrison becomes oldest-ever Booker Prize winner at 81 for ‘The End of Everything’
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British Author M John Harrison Wins Booker Prize for The End of Everything
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M. John Harrison wins the Booker Prize for The End of Everything
UK author M. John Harrison won the Booker Prize on Monday for his enigmatic novel The End of Everything, which echoes concerns about artificial intelligence in a darkly satirical depiction of post-apocalyptic Britain. Harrison, 81, became the oldest winner of the award, which...
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Booker Prize 2026: All about winner M. John Harrison, his book 'The End of Everything'. What makes UK writer the oldest author to win the prestigious literary prize?
British author M John Harrison was named the winner of the 2026 Booker Prize for his dystopian satire 'The End of Everything' at a ceremony in London on Monday night.
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‘The End of Everything’ Becomes First Sci-Fi Novel to Win Booker Prize
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UK Author M. John Harrison Wins 2026 Booker Prize For 'The End Of Everything'
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The Booker Prize Gets Its First ‘Bona Fide’ Science Fiction Winner - The New York Times
The Booker Prize Gets Its First ‘Bona Fide’ Science Fiction Winner The New York Times M John Harrison becomes first science fiction author to win the Booker prize The Guardian Everything you need to know about The End of Everything by M. John Harrison, winner of the Booker...
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2026 Booker Prize: M John Harrison wins for dystopian satire ‘The End of Everything’
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M. John Harrison Wins The 2026 Booker Prize With ‘The End Of Everything’
M. John Harrison has won the prestigious Booker Prize for his novel ‘The End Of Everything’. The book follows a beachcomber living on the English coast after a disaster has struck. He finds a mysterious object in the sea and brings it inland. It is the first sci-fi book to...
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Against the odds, 81-year-old author claims Booker Prize
The British science fiction writer beat the favourites to become the oldest winner of the prestigious prize.
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'Baffling but brilliant' post-apocalyptic novel The End of Everything wins Booker Prize
M John Harrison becomes the oldest ever winner of the prestigious literary award at the age of 81.
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UK writer M. John Harrison wins Booker prize for AI-tinged apocalyptic novel
UK author M. John Harrison won the Booker Prize on Monday for his enigmatic novel "The End of Everything", which echoes concerns about artificial intelligence in a darkly satirical depiction of post-apocalyptic Britain.
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M John Harrison becomes first science fiction author to win the Booker prize
The 81-year-old’s postapocalyptic novel The End of Everything takes home the £50,000 award Guardian fiction editor Justine Jordan on M John Harrison’s win: A visionary writer gets the recognition he deserves Eighty-one-year-old M John Harrison has won the Booker prize for The...
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Book Review: ‘The End of Everything,’ by M. John Harrison
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M. John Harrison wins Booker Prize for novel about a world in crisis
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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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'The End of Everything’ by M. John Harrison wins the 2026 Booker Prize for fiction
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