Innocent

David Szalay is the author of six works of fiction, including London and the South-East, for which he was awarded the Betty Trask and Geoffrey Faber Memorial prizes, All That Man Is, for which he was awarded the Gordon Burn Prize and Plimpton Prize for Fiction and shortlisted for the Booker Prize, and Turbulence, which won the Edge Hill Prize. Born in Canada, he grew up in London, and now lives in Vienna. His work has been translated into more than thirty languages.

"This is a double headed story that is both sad and compelling" -- Nina Caplan Timeout "Szalay weaves a multilayered narrative ripe with period detail... A challenging thriller... Gripping" Metro "Impressive... Still in his mid-thirties, Szalay will surely soon be adding more prizes to his Betty Trask" The Sunday Times "Szalay moves skilfully across time and shows that history's end is not prophesied in books, but written in the wind" -- Steven Martin The Big Issue "David Szalay... has created an extraordinary character, a KGB man you can imagine knowing or even being" Observer