
Eleanor Catton won the Man Booker Prize for fiction for her 832-page murder mystery titledĀ The Luminaries.
At 28, the author is the youngest person ever to receive the prize, which was established in 1969. To be eligible, authors must be a citizen of the United Kingdom, the Commonwealth of Nations or Ireland.
Catton is the second New Zealander ever to win the prestigious $80,000 prize.
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