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  "id": 19237970,
  "title": "M John Harrison becomes oldest ever winner of the Booker prize for his satirical novel 'The End of Everything'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/m-john-harrison-becomes-oldest-ever-winner-of-the-booker-prize-for",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-11-09T22:43:57.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Euronews",
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    "url": "https://www.euronews.com/2026/11/09/m-john-harrison-becomes-oldest-ever-winner-of-the-booker-prize-for-his-satirical-novel-the"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "On June 16th, the Booker Prize was awarded to M John Harrison for his satirical novel The End of Everything. The announcement was made by chair of the judging panel Mary Beard, alongside pop musician Jarvis Cocker. The novel, set on England’s Channel coast in a near future where an unspecified calamity has devastated society and brought alien entities to Britain, follows a beachcomber living with his gun-toting aunt who discovers a puzzling artifact on the shore. Beard praised the book as \"the politics of now seen through the lens of the future,\" highlighting a society undergoing a catastrophe they don't fully understand. Harrison revealed he had been working for 40 to 50 years to shift the balance between fiction and literary works. Among the year’s nominees were two former winners, Marlon James from Jamaica and Scot Douglas Stewart.",
  "summary": "The judges of the prestigious English literary prize praised the novel for it's \"extraordinary expert writing and huge ambition\" - Harrison is the oldest ever recipient of the prize that is famed for kickstarting careers and says he feels like a proper writer at last.",
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      {
        "outlet": "NYT Arts",
        "title": "M. John Harrison’s ‘The End of Everything’ Wins Booker Prize",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/m-john-harrisons-the-end-of-everything-wins-booker-prize",
        "published": "2026-11-09T21:53:32.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Indian Express",
        "title": "Booker Prize 2026: M John Harrison, 81, becomes oldest-ever winner for apocalyptic novel ‘The End of Everything’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/booker-prize-2026-m-john-harrison-81-becomes-oldest-ever-winner-for",
        "published": "2026-11-09T22:12:02.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "CBC News",
        "title": "English author M. John Harrison wins the 2026 Booker Prize for The End of Everything",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/english-author-m-john-harrison-wins-the-2026-booker-prize-for-the-end",
        "published": "2026-11-09T22:13:56.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "BBC News",
        "title": "'Baffling but brilliant' post-apocalyptic novel The End of Everything wins Booker Prize",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/baffling-but-brilliant-post-apocalyptic-novel-the-end-of-everything",
        "published": "2026-11-09T22:16:37.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Deadline",
        "title": "M. John Harrison Wins The 2026 Booker Prize With ‘The End Of Everything’",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/09/m-john-harrison-wins-the-2026-booker-prize-with-the-end-of-everything",
        "published": "2026-11-09T23:01:10.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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