Category: David Szalay

David Szalay wins 2025 Booker prize for ‘dark’ Flesh

by The Guardian | Nov 11, 2025 | Awards and prizes, Booker prize, Books, Culture, David Szalay, Fiction, The Guardian, UK news | 0 |

The judges ‘had never read anything quite like it’, says panel chair Roddy Doyle, announcing the Hungarian-British author’s novel as the winner of the £50,000 awardJustine Jordan: The risky strategy of Booker winner Flesh pays...

The risky strategy of Booker winner Flesh pays off

by The Guardian | Nov 10, 2025 | Awards and prizes, Booker prize, Books, Culture, David Szalay, Fiction, The Guardian | 0 |

The protagonist’s inner life is hidden from the reader in this highly original novelReflecting on the Booker judging process, chair Roddy Doyle stressed the “singularity” of Flesh, the most unusual novel on the shortlist. In his...