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Flesh

by David Szalay · 2025

Literary Fiction · ranked #97 in category

Winner · The Booker Prize, 2025

Following one Hungarian-British man — István — from his teenage years on a Budapest housing estate through decades of life in the economic shadow of London's super-rich, Szalay's spare, propulsive novel tracks a man who is emotionally detached yet persistently unravelled by events beyond his control. Winner of the Booker Prize 2025.

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The verdict

Category
Literary Fiction
First published
2025 · 2020s
Author
David Szalay
Standing
Essential Read

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