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Colson Whitehead leads Arthur C Clarke award shortlist

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The Underground Railroad heads up finalists for science fiction honour in wake of Pulitzer prize win and presidential endorsement

Pulitzer prize winner Colson Whitehead has been shortlisted for the Arthur C Clarke award for science fiction, with his novel The Underground Railroad appearing on a six-book list that may be the prize’s most diverse yet.

Brought to fame by his Pulitzer win – and his selection for both former US president Barack Obama’s summer reading list and Oprah’s book club – Whitehead’s sixth novel follows two slaves who try to find freedom from their Georgia plantations by following the underground railroad: a network of safe houses in reality, Whitehead transforms the route into a literal, steampunk railway.

Related: The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead review – luminous, furious and wildly inventive

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