Post-apocalypse, artificial intelligence and mysterious creatures. A science fiction classic wins the Man Booker Prize for the first time.
British author M. John Harrison won a prestigious literary award for his dystopian novel "The End of Everything". The winner was announced on November 9 in London. Along with the award, the author received 50 thousand pounds sterling.
The book takes place in the near future on the coast of the English county of Kent. After a mysterious disaster, the normal social order collapses, and the heroes try to survive in a different world.