Booker Prize semifinalists include Marlon James, Douglas Stuart and Elizabeth Strout

Marlon James poses with the award after his book ‘A Brief History of Seven Killings’ was named as winner of the 2015 Booker Prize 2015 for Fiction, following the award ceremony at the Guildhall in London, Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2015.(AP Photo/Alastair Grant, file)

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