'Baffling but brilliant' post-apocalyptic novel The End of Everything wins Booker Prize1 hour agoIan YoungsCulture reporter
Getty Images M John Harrison with grey hair and beard, looking at the camera and holding a copy of his bookGetty Images
M John Harrison was billed by Booker bosses as "a genuinely original thinker"

Author M John Harrison has become the oldest ever winner of the Booker Prize, picking up the prestigious literary award for his post-apocalyptic novel The End of Everything.

Harrison, 81, who has built a cult following over his 60-year career, was named the winner of the £50,000 prize at a ceremony in London on Monday.