Canadian-born author David Szalay wins Booker Prize for 'Flesh'

Montreal-born author David Szalay has won the Booker Prize for his novel “Flesh.”

Jurors for the prestigious U.K. award praise the novel for an economical use of language that propels the protagonist’s story forward.

The book follows an emotionally detached Hungarian man who climbs the socioeconomic ladder, before watching his life unravel.

Szalay was born in Montreal to a Canadian mother and Hungarian father, and they moved to England when he was a year old.

He now splits his time between Austria and Hungary.

The prize, which goes to the book deemed the best work of English-language fiction published in the U.K. and Ireland, is worth roughly $90,000.