The Booker-shortlisted author on a momentous teenage encounter with The Bone People, getting a buzz from Peter Høeg’s Miss Smilla, and trying to avoid The Lorax
My earliest reading memory
Memories fr…
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Not OK? Booker winner Flesh ignites debate about state of masculinity ○
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
Toxic male behaviour of David Szalay’s protagonist reflects real-world concerns about a ‘crisis of masculinity’
In the immediate aftermath of David Szalay’s book Flesh winning the Booker prize, one fe…
5 months ago
‘It’s notoriously hard to write about sex’: David Szalay on Flesh, his astounding Booker prize-winner ⊖
The novel’s protagonist is violent, libidinous and so inarticulate he says ‘OK’ some 500 times. So how did the author turn his story into a tragic masterpiece?
When we meet the morning after the annou…
David Szalay wins Booker Prize for his novel Flesh ⊕⊕
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a story from Al Jazeera 🚨 › Al Jazeera English
Hungarian-British author beats novelists Kiran Desai and Andrew Miller to claim the prestigious award in London.
The risky strategy of Booker winner Flesh pays off ⊖
The protagonist’s inner life is hidden from the reader in this highly original novel
David Szalay wins 2025 Booker prize for ‘dark’ Flesh
Reflecting on the Booker judging process, chair Roddy Doyle str…
David Szalay wins 2025 Booker prize for ‘dark’ Flesh ⊕⊕
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
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 award
Justine Jordan: The risky strategy …
8 months ago
Flesh and Code is an utterly jaw-dropping listen: best podcasts of the week ○
Brace yourself for the staggering tale of Travis, who has both real and bot wives. Plus, the wickedly gossipy duo of Graham Norton and Maria McErlane are back
This staggering tale of people falling in…
9 months ago
My perfect holiday reading, by Bernardine Evaristo, David Nicholls, Zadie Smith and more ○
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
Authors including Michael Rosen, Samantha Harvey and Rutger Bregman reveal their books of the summer
Summer reading: the 50 hottest books to read now
The 10 best audiobooks for summer
Zadie Smith
For me …
12 months ago
We Pretty Pieces of Flesh by Colwill Brown review – you’ll read nothing else like it this year ○
This exhilarating debut about working-class girls growing up in the hope-starved atmosphere of a small northern English city feels essential
Sometimes you need to leave a place before you can write ab…
‘It’s like a men’s shed’: inside the Pokémon trading card communities rocked by a string of brazen thefts ○
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
The value of Pokémon cards is booming, but for people who gather weekly to trade and battle their Pikachus and Togepis, the cards mean much more than cash
On a sleepy Tuesday night, beneath an arts an…