David Szalay , is a Montreal-born, Hungary-based author currently making waves as the latest Canadian to win the Booker Prize, which he did for his buzzy novel Flesh

The £50,000 (approx. $92,000 Cdn) prize recognizes the best original novel written in the English language and published in the U.K.

follows István, a 15-year-old teen whose unhealthy relationship with an older married woman sends his life spiraling out of control. As he grows older, he continues to live a life of recklessness, achieving all his desires for a time — until they threaten to undo him completely.

"The judges discussed the six books on the shortlist for more than five hours. The book we kept coming back to, the one that stood out from the other great novels, was – because of its singularity. We had never rea

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