It is his sixth novel David szalay’s flesh, a novel that explores contemporary masculinity through the eventful life of a hungarian man across the decades, was the “unanimous” choice as winner of this year’s. It was published in 2025 by jonathan cape in the uk and by scribner in the us
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The novel won the 2025 booker prize.
‘flesh’ by david szalay wins this year’s booker prize the novel follows the unlikely path of a hungarian man from a housing project to the british upper class.