Nov 17, 2025
David Szalay is a Hungarian British novelist, born in Montreal in 1974 and currently based in Vienna.
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He won the 2025 Booker Prize for his novel Flesh. The judges praised its “singularity,” calling it a dark yet joyful meditation on class, masculinity, and migration.
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A collection of nine interconnected short stories portraying European men at different life stages—interweaving themes of crisis, identity, and masculinity.
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The Booker winning novel charts the life of István, a Hungarian man whose journey from adolescence to London’s elite is told in spare, powerful prose.
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This novel follows Paul Rainey, a disillusioned ad salesman whose life unravels in unexpected ways, blending bleak realism with dark humour.
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Set in 2006 London, it tells the awkward, emotionally honest story of James and Katherine, navigating love, ambition, and personal reinvention.
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A Cold War era psychological thriller about a Soviet era MGB major investigating a mysterious patient, exploring memory, loyalty, and ideological disillusionment.
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Composed of 12 linked stories, each set on a different flight, exploring global dislocation, family bonds, and existential loneliness.
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