34 mins ago · China
‘He was destined for this award’: China Miéville wins Goldsmiths prize for 1,200-page novel
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What we know
The Rouse, which took its author two decades to complete, was praised by judges as ‘exuberant, overflowing’ China Miéville has won the £10,000 Goldsmiths prize for The Rouse, a 1,264-page epic that is part paranormal thriller, part historical saga moving through decades of British imperial and cold war history.
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‘He was destined for this award’: China Miéville wins Goldsmiths prize for 1,200-page novel
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