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Hervé Le Tellier wins Prix Goncourt as France’s books world begins to reopen

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L’anomalie secures country’s leading books prize, which was delayed this year in solidarity with bookshops forced to close by lockdown

France’s oldest and most celebrated literary award the Prix Goncourt has been awarded to novelist Hervé Le Tellier, a trained mathematician and former scientific journalist.

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