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David Szalay on his Booker Prize-winning novel 'Flesh'

Season 2025 Episode 316 | 5m 45s

The Booker Prize is one of the world’s most prestigious literary awards, given annually to a single novel written in English and published in the United Kingdom or Ireland. This year’s winner is David Szalay's novel, “Flesh.” Senior arts correspondent Jeffrey Brown spoke with him for our arts and culture series, CANVAS.

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