British author Michael John Harrison wins the Booker Prize for 2026.
He won the award for his dystopian novel "The End of Everything".
The award website states that Harrison was also awarded a £50,000 prize. In addition, the 81-year-old author became the oldest winner of the Booker Prize. The previous record was held by the Canadian author Margaret Atwood, who received the award in 2019 at the age of 79.
The plot of "The End of Everything" takes place on the coast of Kent several years after a mysterious disaster, the causes of which are not explained. One day, the main character finds a "jelly-like thing" on the beach that grows rapidly, controls human speech and starts telling people what to do.