Eleanor Catton, the 28-year old author from New Zealand has won the Man Booker prize 2013 for her novel, The Luminaries , published by Granta.
She is not only the youngest novelist to win the coveted literary prize, but has set a new record for the longest winning novel. The Luminaries is 852 pages.
It is the last prize in the present format which is confined to Common wealth countries and Ireland. From next year it will be opened to the writers from all countries .
She is not only the youngest novelist to win the coveted literary prize, but has set a new record for the longest winning novel. The Luminaries is 852 pages.
It is the last prize in the present format which is confined to Common wealth countries and Ireland. From next year it will be opened to the writers from all countries .
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