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An American author has won the prestigious Man Booker Prize for the first time, with a biting satire about race relations in the USA.
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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An online fairy tale becomes a shocking real-life horror as two 12-year-old girls, guided by their devotion to Slenderman, lure their friend into the woods to attempt a seemingly inexplicable, brutal murder.
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