{"product_id":"flesh","title":"Flesh","description":"\u003cp\u003eWINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2025 - A propulsive, hypnotic novel about a man who is unravelled by a series of events beyond his grasp\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'A revelatory novel'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Brilliance on every page' Samantha Harvey, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eOrbital\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA propulsive, hypnotic novel about a man who is unravelled by a series of events beyond his grasp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFifteen-year-old István lives with his mother in a quiet apartment complex in Hungary. New to the town and shy, he is unfamiliar with the social rituals at school and soon becomes isolated, with his neighbour – a married woman close to his mother’s age – as his only companion. These encounters shift into a clandestine relationship that István himself can barely understand, and his life soon spirals out of control.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs the years pass, he is carried gradually upwards on the twenty-first century’s tides of money and power, moving from the army to the company of London’s super-rich, with his own competing impulses for love, intimacy, status and wealth winning him unimaginable riches, until they threaten to undo him completely.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSpare and penetrating,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFlesh\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis the finest novel yet by a master of realism, asking profound questions about what drives a life: what makes it worth living, and what breaks it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChosen as a ‘Best Book of 2025’ by the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘\u003ci\u003eFlesh\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a wonderful novel – so brilliant and wise on chance, love, sex, money' David Nicholls, author of\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eOne Day\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'It’s been a long time since I’ve been swallowed whole by a novel the way I was by this one ... So much searing insight into the way we live now'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Compelling and elegant, merciless and poignant. David Szalay is an extraordinary writer' Tessa Hadley\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"David Szalay","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50918598345008,"sku":"9780224099790","price":4990.0,"currency_code":"ISK","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1090\/3582\/files\/B6555BC2-2605-4409-A5D4-AA5E53C0BAFF.jpg?v=1773148452","url":"https:\/\/www.salka.is\/products\/flesh","provider":"Salka - bókaútgáfa og bókabúð","version":"1.0","type":"link"}