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Booker Prize-winning 'Flesh' shows a man detached from his own emotions and desires
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Booker Prize-winning 'Flesh' shows a man detached from his own emotions and desires

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David Szalay's award-winning novel, "Flesh," follows the life of one Hungarian man from adolescence to old age. And it manages to do a lot with precious few words.
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