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During his acceptance speech, Lamadine took the time to thank his agent, his editor, and a few other people, including his psychiatrist, his drug dealers, and... Thank all gastrointestinal doctors.
Al-Madin's novel, The True, True Story of Raja the Gullible and His Mother, is a funny and sad novel about a philosophy teacher who lives with his aging mother.
In nonfiction, Omar El-Akkad won for his book One Day Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This, and in poetry, Patricia Smith won for her collection The Intentions of Thunder.
During his acceptance speech, Alamandine took the time to thank his agent, his editor, and a few other people, including his psychiatrist, his drug dealers, and... Thank all gastrointestinal doctors.
Al-Madin's novel, The True, True Story of Raja the Gullible and His Mother, is a funny and sad novel about a philosophy teacher who lives with his aging mother.
In nonfiction, Omar El-Akkad won for his book One Day Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This.
And in poetry, Patricia Smith won for her collection The Intentions of Thunder.
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The novel follows a Hungarian man named István from his teen years through old age.
He's quiet, not the most emotive character, but that's all covering up a tumultuous life.
The Booker Prize judges praised author David Soloy's sparse use of language.
In a statement, Prize chair Roddy Doyle said, "...every word matters, the spaces between the words matter."
Soloy is the first Hungarian-British author to win the award.
He was shortlisted for the prize back in 2016 for his book All That Man Is.
Flesh beat out five other novels for the win, including Katie Kitamora's Audition and Susan Choi's Flashlight.
Winners of the Booker Prize received 50,000 British pounds and, usually, a hefty bump in sales.