{"product_id":"9781529932423","title":"Flesh","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e**WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2025**\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Brilliant and wise on chance, love, sex, money'\u003c\/b\u003e David Nicholls\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eI was tearing through [\u003ci\u003eFlesh\u003c\/i\u003e], I never once slowed down\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e Jennette McCurdy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrilliance on every page\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e Samantha Harvey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eSo much searing insight into the way we live now\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThrough chance, luck and choice, one man's life takes him from a modest apartment in Hungary to the elite society of London - in this captivating new novel about the forces that make and break our lives\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFifteen-year-old István lives with his mother in a quiet apartment complex in Hungary. New to the town and shy, he becomes isolated, with his neighbour - a married woman - as his only companion. When a clandestine relationship begins between them, his life spirals out of control.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the years pass, István moves from the army to the circles of London's elite. His competing impulses for love, intimacy, status and wealth win him unimaginable riches, until they threaten to undo him completely.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'An astonishingly moving portrait of a man's life' \u003c\/b\u003eBooker Prize Judges, 2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A revelatory novel' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Pure brilliance from the first to the (devastating) last sentence' \u003c\/b\u003eIndia Knight\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Refreshing, illuminating and true' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'One of the most astonishing books I've ever read' \u003c\/b\u003eDua Lipa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Hugely entertaining, gripping like a thriller' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Visceral and compelling' \u003c\/b\u003eGary Stevenson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Exciting, propulsive, emotional' \u003c\/b\u003eSarah Jessica Parker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e*A BOOK OF THE YEAR for the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGQ\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Szalay, David","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56676901454210,"sku":"9781529932423","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0936\/6575\/5522\/files\/9781529932423.jpg?v=1779982978","url":"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/products\/9781529932423","provider":"Archway Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}