John Harrison wins 2026 Booker Prize at age 81

John Harrison wins 2026 Booker Prize at age 818 publishers · first seen Sat, 07 Nov 2026 15:00 UTC · updated Thu, 12 Nov 2026 09:45 UTCM John Harrison, at 81, has won the 2026 Booker Prize for his novel The End of Everything, making him the oldest winner in the prize's history. The novel, a post-apocalyptic story set on the Kent coast, follows Phillip Tennent and his aunt Marnie as they navigate a world altered by mysterious alien-like creatures called the iGhetti. Harrison, who has been writing since the 60s, has now published over 20 books, including Climbers and The Sunken Land Begins to Rise Again. The Booker Prize, awarded annually for the best novel written in English and published in the UK or Ireland, was established in 1969.Content auto-generated. May contain inaccuracies.

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