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David Szalay, writer: “Sex and violence are non-verbal experiences. That’s why it’s so hard to write about them.”

Booker Prize winner, the writer explores the crisis of masculinity and the fractures of Europe in ‘La carne’, while reflecting on the future of the novel. “In the face of competition from other media, being boring can be fatal,” he says.

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David Szalay, writer: “Sex and violence are non-verbal experiences. That’s why it’s so hard to write about them.”

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