{"product_id":"flesh-by-david-szalay-9780224099783","title":"Flesh","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWinner of the Booker Prize 2025\u003c\/em\u003e - A propulsive, hypnotic novel about a man who is unravelled by a series of events beyond his grasp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eFlesh\u003c\/em\u003e is a revelatory novel, described by the \u003cem\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e as having 'Brilliance on every page'. Samantha Harvey, author of \u003cem\u003eOrbital\u003c\/em\u003e, adds to the praise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFifteen-year-old Istvan 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 Istvan himself can barely understand, and his life soon spirals out of control.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\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\n\u003cp\u003eSpare and penetrating, \u003cem\u003eFlesh\u003c\/em\u003e is 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\n\u003cp\u003eChosen as a 'Best Book of 2025' by the \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eObserver\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'\u003cem\u003eFlesh\u003c\/em\u003e is a wonderful novel—so brilliant and wise on chance, love, sex, money' says David Nicholls, author of \u003cem\u003eOne Day\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\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,' notes the \u003cem\u003eObserver\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Compelling and elegant, merciless and poignant. David Szalay is an extraordinary writer,' remarks Tessa Hadley.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House Distribution","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47071451873516,"sku":"9780224099783","price":65.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/05f1d6ec49a5921099960ffffab04a2a.jpg?v=1765053334","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/flesh-by-david-szalay-9780224099783","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}