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Eleanor Catton won the Man Booker Prize for fiction for her 832-page murder mystery titled The Luminaries. At 28, the author is the youngest person ever to receive the prize, which was established in ...

The judges described her novel, a murder mystery set during the New Zealand gold rush, as an investment of time that pays heavy dividends, and noting that "it slowly and deeply staked its claim upon ...

NEW Zealand author Eleanor Catton remains a frontrunner to win the Man Booker Prize, even if she's not the bookies' favourite. The 28-year-old's novel The Luminaries is one of six shortlisted for the ...

LONDON -- Youth and heft triumphed at Britain's Booker Prize on Tuesday, as 28-year-old New Zealander Eleanor Catton won the fiction award for "The Luminaries," an ambitious 832-page murder mystery ...

Congratulations go to Ms. Catton, as she has the distinct honor of being the first-ever recipient of a one star review from Good e-Reader. Even Willie Nelson’s literary diarrhea musings from his life ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Eleanor Catton, 28, is the youngest author and her 800-plus page "The Luminaries" the longest novel to win the Man Booker literary prize. But age and length should be no criteria ...

Lead produced by Working Title Television, distributed internationally by Fremantle and coming soon to BBC Two, period thriller “The Luminaries” has initiated a global roll-out, closing pre-sales to ...