Eleanor Catton (New Zealand)wins 2013 Man Booker Prize Tuesday Oct 15,2013

New Zealand writer Eleanor Catton(28) won the Man Booker Prize 2013 for English fiction for her novel 'The Luminaries', and become the youngest winner in the award's 45-year history

 At 28, Catton is the youngest writer to win, having finished the book at just 27. She's only the second New Zealand author to win the award, and The Luminaries clocks in at 832 pages, making it the longest book to ever take home the prize

Set in 1866, The Luminaries is a murder mystery that takes place during the New Zealand gold rush. When a man named Walter Moody comes to pursue a gold fortune, he comes across a group of 12 men who have gathered in secret to talk about a series of unsolved crimes. He's drawn to the cases, which include a wealthy man's disappearance, a prostitute who tried to end her life, and a huge fortune that's found in the home of a well-known drunk