'The End of Everything’ by M. John Harrison Wins the 2026 Booker Prize for Fiction
The 81-year-old author won after judges praised its huge ambition and expert writing, and said it reflects current concerns about AI and catastrophe.
- On Monday, British author M. John Harrison won the 2026 Booker Prize for his dystopian satire The End of Everything at a London ceremony, claiming the £50,000 award.
- Judges praised the 198-page novel for its "extraordinary, expert writing and huge ambition," with Chair Mary Beard describing it as "the politics of now seen through the lens of the future."
- Harrison, who has written for 60 years, is the first Booker winner from the science fiction world, noted Booker Prize Foundation Chief Executive Gaby Wood, marking genre fiction's breakthrough.
- At 81, Harrison becomes the oldest Booker recipient ever, surpassing Margaret Atwood, who was 79 when she won in 2019; he receives £50,000 in prize money.
- Harrison noted his work explores "what happens when all of our expectations and explanations of the world become an ongoing disaster," reflecting anxieties about artificial intelligence in modern society.
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UK writer M. John Harrison wins Booker prize for AI-tinged apocalyptic novel
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