16 October 2013
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Eleanor Catton is youngest-ever Booker Winner
The Luminaries, started when its author was 25, has won the Man Booker Prize 2013 ...
The Luminaries, started when its author was 25, has won the Man Booker Prize 2013
Cattton, 28, is the second New Zealander in the prize's history to win – the other was Keri Hulme with The Bone People in 1985. The Luminaries is her second novel.
At 832 pages, The Luminaries, a Victorian-style mystery set in 19th-century New Zealand during a gold rush, is the longest-ever Booker winner. Man Booker chair of judges Robert Macfarlane described it as: 'dazzling work... luminous... vast..extraordinarily gripping.'
Eleanor Catton was announced as the winner of the £50,000 Man Booker Prize 2013 at a ceremony last night at London's Guildhall.
Cattton, 28, is the second New Zealander in the prize's history to win – the other was Keri Hulme with The Bone People in 1985. The Luminaries is her second novel.
At 832 pages, The Luminaries, a Victorian-style mystery set in 19th-century New Zealand during a gold rush, is the longest-ever Booker winner. Man Booker chair of judges Robert Macfarlane described it as: 'dazzling work... luminous... vast..extraordinarily gripping.'
Eleanor Catton was announced as the winner of the £50,000 Man Booker Prize 2013 at a ceremony last night at London's Guildhall.
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