{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/69380c0d4a9751f83d7c325d/6af73451cc76a302c4c2cb38?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"An interview with Booker winner M John Harrison","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/69380c0d4a9751f83d7c325d/1794585671774-c8fb3bf7-54db-4bba-98cf-db273e853c89.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Earlier this week the genre defying novelist M. John Harrison was awarded the prestigious Booker Prize.</p><p><br></p><p>This comes after a career spanning 6 decades, publishing over 20 books ranging from the sub genres &#39;Mountain Literature&#39; to &#39;Space Opera&#39;. He is the oldest ever recipient of the prize.</p><p><br></p><p>His latest work is titled &quot;The End of Everything&quot; and it is as apocalyptic as it sounds, set on the coast of Kent as the indecipherable alien entity named &quot;the iGhetti&quot; swarm above.</p><p><br></p><p>Our online editor, Emily Lawford, spoke with M. John Harrison shortly after he received the Booker prize.</p>","author_name":"The New Statesman"}