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Hungarian-British writer grabs Booker Prize for unflattering exploration of masculinity
Hindustan Times
|November 12, 2025
LONDON: Hungarian-British writer David Szalay won the Booker Prize on Monday for his novel “Flesh”, a tortured story of a Hungarian emigre who makes and loses a fortune.
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Szalay beat five other shortlisted authors, including Indian novelist Kiran Desai, who won in 2006, and Britain's Andrew Miller, to claim the £50,000 award ata ceremony in London.
Szalay had previously been shortlisted for the prestigious literary honour in 2016 for his last work, “All That Man Is".
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