About the book: 1974 / T. Deri (b. 1894) is the author of novels, stories, plays, widely known not only in Hungary, but also abroad. The novel “The Answer” was written in 1950-1952. In the center of the story are the fates of the working boy Balint Köpe and the professor at the University of Budapest Zenon Farkas; The action takes place in Hungary in the late 20s - early 30s with all its anxieties and concerns, with the impending fascisation, with a working class exhausted by unemployment, but courageous, rising again and again to fight.