New Zealand's Eleanor Catton wins 2013 Man Booker prize


Eleanor Catton poses after winning the 2013 Man Booker Prize for Fiction for her book 'The Luminaries' in central London on Oct 15, 2013. - Reuters

Novel about 19th-century New Zealand gold rush marks Kiwi lass as the youngest Booker winner ever.

NEW Zealand author Eleanor Catton won the 2013 Man Booker Prize for English fiction on Tuesday for her novel The Luminaries, to become the youngest winner in the award’s 45-year history.

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