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Winner of the Booker Prize for fiction set to be announced in London
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From top, the books "Study for Obedience", "Western Lane", "This Other Eden", "If I Survive You", "Prophet Song" and "The Bee Sting" are displayed during a photocall for the Booker Prize 2023, in London, Thursday, Nov. 23, 2023 ahead of the award ceremony on Nov. 26 in London. - photo by AP Photo/Kin Cheung
LONDON (AP) — The winner of the prestigious Booker Prize for fiction will be announced on Sunday. If bookmakers are right, the victorious writer will be named Paul. Three of the six books competing for the 50,000 pound ($63,000) award are by authors of that name: American novelist Paul Harding’s historical novel “This Other Eden,” Irish writer Paul Lynch’s dystopian story “Prophet Song” and his compatriot Paul Murray’s tragicomic family saga “The Bee Sting.” The other finalists are Canadian author Sarah Bernstein’s “Study for Obedience,” U.S. writer Jonathan Escoffery’s “If I Survive You” and British author Chetna Maroo’s “Western Lane.” The winner will receive their trophy during a dinner ceremony in London.