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David Dorosz’s political thriller is being adapted for the screen
“The film development of my first novel, We All Leave, has begun,” announced David Dorosz, whose thriller was also shortlisted for the Margó Prize last year. David Dorosz chose Lake Balaton as the setting for his debut novel. His thriller We All Leave (read an excerpt...
Book Launch at the 97th Hungarian Book Week
David Dorosz: Where The Orphans Of The Power Die – book launch and discussion at the 97th Hungarian Book Week As one of the featured events of the 97th Hungarian Book Week and 25th Children’s Book Days, we are presenting David Dorosz’s latest novel, Where The Orphans...
Where The Orphans Of The Power Die – Book Launch in Szeged
Author David Dorosz presents Where The Orphans Of The Power Die – A political thriller in the shadow of systems (Cser Publishing) The author will be in conversation with journalist András Bakos. “I deeply believe that the only stories worth writing are those that...
26.04.2026 Dull vs Dorosz – One evening, two perspectives
How does power work in our everyday lives? Two weeks after the elections, we are preparing for a special evening at Inga: not a traditional book launch, but a conversation where literature and political analysis meet. David Dorosz’s new novel, Where The Orphans Of The...
Where The Orphans Of The Power Die – March Book Recommendations
Where The Orphans Of The Power Die: a political thriller grounded in Hungarian reality One of Where The Orphans Of The Power Die’s greatest strengths is its structure: a multi-stranded story that shifts between different points in time and gradually unfolds. A filmic...
Hungarian reality in thriller form – Szol24 interview
Having swapped the political arena for the writer’s desk in recent years, Dávid Dorosz dives into Hungarian reality where it hurts most with his new novel. Where The Orphans Of The Power Die is a tense political thriller, “an indictment of the NER”, and it eerily...
Fathers, Sons, Power – A Conversation and Meeting
Fathers, Sons, Power – Masculine Lives After the Transition What does it mean to be a man in Hungary today? What have we inherited from our fathers, and what are we passing on to our sons? The discussion is rooted in David Dorosz’s novel Where The Orphans Of The Power...
Where The Orphans Of The Power Die book launch — 24 February 2026
Where The Orphans Of The Power Die was launched on 24 February 2026 in front of more than 120 people, with the auditorium packed to capacity, at the Dugattyús Event Centre — on the fourth anniversary of the outbreak of the Russo-Ukrainian war. Where The Orphans Of The...
Thank you to everyone who was there at the Margo Literary Festival!
The Margo Literary Festival was a great experience, where I had the pleasure of taking part in the book discussion with veteran journalist, editor and political scientist Szabolcs Dull. This was the first time since the official book launch that the book — and,...
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WE ALL LEAVE
We All Leave – a thriller Shortlisted for the 2025 Margó Prize for Best Debut Novel, We All Leave is more than a mystery about a luxury villa, a tight-knit group of friends, and a shocking crime. It’s also a sharp, unsettling portrait of contemporary Hungary. Set on the shores of Lake Balaton, the novel explores what it means to live under a corrupt political system—and the personal price of power in a world where money, influence, and loyalty seem to outweigh everything else. At the same time, We All Leave is a generational story. It speaks openly about the choice between staying or leaving the country, the challenges of infertility and starting a family, and the fragile boundaries between friendship, ambition, and morality.
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Dive into the opening chapters of We All Leave and step into a scorching summer weekend at Lake Balaton. Six friends slowly coming apart — and then a dead body that changes everything. In the end, ambition, the past, and long-buried lies catch up with everyone.
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