Paul Beatty has become the first US author to win the Man Booker Prize.
He won the award for his racial satire, ‘The Sellout’ at a ceremony in London’s Guildhall.
The novel tells the story of a young black man who tries to reinstate slavery and racial segregation in a suburb of Los Angeles.
Amanda Foreman, Chair of the Judges, said the book managed to eviscerate every social taboo.
The Booker Prize is a literary prize awarded each year for the best original novel, written in the English language, and published in the UK.