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American author wins Man Booker

Paul Beatty has become the first American novelist to win the Man Booker Prize with his book The Sellout.

An American author has won the prestigious Man Booker Prize for the first time, with a biting satire about race relations in the USA.

Second PM's Literary Award in sight

Steven Carroll was joint winner of the 2014 award and is shortlisted again.

A wide spectrum of authors - in age, gender, politics and style - is represented on the shortlists for the 2016 Prime Minister's Literary Awards.

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Trailer: The Defector

In 1967, at the height of the Cold War, Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt is embroiled in a power struggle involving his chief spymaster and Red sympathisers in Canberra.