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A chilling nonfiction thriller about nuclear war is up for the UK's Baillie Gifford book prize

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American writer Annie Jacobsen's " Nuclear War: A Scenario " is one of six books shortlisted for the 50,000 pound ($ 66,000 ) Baillie Gifford Prize .

The book offers a minute -by-minute account of what might happen if a rogue state launched nuclear missiles at the Pentagon .

Australia ’s Richard Flanagan , best known as a novelist, is a finalist for his memoir “Question 7”.

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