David Szalay

David Szalay (/ˈsɒlɔɪ/; born 1974 in Montreal, Canada) is a Hungarian-English writer.

[1] Szalay was born in Montreal in 1974 to a Canadian mother and a Hungarian father.

[4] His 2018 book of short stories Turbulence originated in a series of 15 minute programs for BBC Radio 4.

[5] He won the Betty Trask Award for his first novel, London and the South-East, along with the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize.

Yes, there's a thematic consistency that makes this more than a collection, and Szalay even throws in the odd narrative link (the 73-year-old, it transpires, is the 17-year-old's granddad).