# Flesh Shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2025, Vol. 1

By **David Szalay**

- ISBN-13: 9781529926842
- Series: [Flesh: WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2025](https://mybookbandits.com/series/flesh-winner-of-the-booker-prize-2025-4)
- Publisher: Vintage Publishing
- Pages: 368
- Published: 6 Mar 2025
- Language: en
- Price: £17.70 (new)
- Categories: Fiction, Psychological, Literary

## About this book

David Szalay’s literary psychological novel Flesh, volume one of the Flesh: WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2025 series, traces the life of István from a quiet Hungarian apartment complex to the heights of London’s super-rich. At fifteen, new in town and shy, István struggles to fit in at school and finds an unexpected bond with a married neighbor, leading to a secret relationship that sends his adolescent world into turmoil. This gripping literary fiction probes the vulnerabilities of youth and the unforeseen consequences of intimate choices.

Later, after a stint in the army, István climbs the echelons of elite society, navigating the currents of twenty-first-century money and power. As he amasses wealth, he confronts a relentless pull between genuine love, intimacy, and the seductive allure of status. Szalay’s psychological narrative examines how chance, luck, and personal decisions shape a life, threatening to unravel the very identity István has built. Flesh is a spare, visceral exploration of what we gain and lose in pursuit of a better self.

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