At the age of 28, Eleanor Catton has become the youngest ever winner of the Man Booker Prize with her novel The Luminaries. The young author beat the other shortlisted novels: We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo, Harvest by Jim Crace, The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri, A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki and The Testament of Mary by Colm Toibin, who all receive £2,500 and a hand-bound copy of their book. Catton walks away with this prize as a shortlisted author but also a further cash prize of £50,000.
Catton’s 832 page novel is also the longest book to win the Man Booker, over taking the 672 page Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel, who won in 2009.
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