Irish writer wins Booker Prize

– Milkman by Anna Burns scooped the 2018 Man Booker Prize, with the Northern Irish writer winning the literary award for her third full-length novel.

Set in an unnamed city during the bloody “Troubles” of Northern Ireland, it tells the coming-of-age story of a young girl’s affair with an older man.

The 56-year-old writer received the award from Prince Charles’ wife Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, as well as £50 000 (about R933 000). – Reuters

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