Gaby Wood, chief executive of the Booker Prize Foundation, called M. John Harrison “a genuinely original thinker, a genre-defying writer who takes ideas seriously.” Yuki Sugiura/The Booker Prize Foundation
Yuki Sugiura/The Booker Prize Foundation
The End of Everything by British author M. John Harrison has won the 2026 Booker Prize. In a statement, Mary Beard, chair of this year’s judges, called it a book that turns you upside down, raises a wry smile – and
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