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2016 Man Booker Prize
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The 2016 Booker Prize for Fiction was awarded at a ceremony on 25 October 2016.[1] The Man Booker dozen of 13 books was announced on 27 July, narrowed down to a shortlist of six titles on 13 September.[2] Paul Beatty was awarded the 2016 Booker Prize for his novel The Sellout, receiving 50,000 pounds ($61,000), and becoming the first American author to be awarded the prize.[3]
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