LiteratureBook · 2025
Flesh
David Szalay
Istvan drifts from a Hungarian housing estate to serious London money and back down again, rarely saying much more than 'okay'. Szalay strips the telling to the bone so the silences carry the weight, and it won the 2025 Booker doing it.
Why you should read this
Winner of the 2025 Booker Prize, this novel traces one man's life from a shy adolescence into the ranks of the ultra-wealthy in spare, restrained prose that keeps its emotional charge below the surface. Best for readers who want interiority built through omission rather than introspective narration.
- Field
- Literature
- Form
- Fiction
- Published
- 2025
- Themes
- ContemporaryWesternFiction
