{"id":4377,"date":"2026-03-18T09:46:43","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T08:46:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thebookertea.com\/?p=4377"},"modified":"2026-10-25T22:09:30","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T21:09:30","slug":"flesh-david-szalay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebookertea.com\/de\/2026\/flesh-david-szalay\/","title":{"rendered":"Flesh"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">by David Szalay (Hungary \/ Canada \/ UK)<br>Paperback ISBN: 9780224099790<br>Pages: 368<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fifteen-year-old Istv\u00e1n lives with his mother in a small Hungarian town. When a relationship with an older woman draws him into a world he barely understands, the consequences will shape the rest of his life. Years later, Istv\u00e1n finds himself moving through vastly different worlds\u2014from military service to the circles of immense wealth in London.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As his life unfolds across borders and decades, ambition, loneliness, and desire propel him forward. <em>Flesh<\/em> traces the unpredictable path of a man whose life is marked by moments of opportunity and loss, revealing how class, power, and personal choices intertwine in the modern world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About the author<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">David Szalay was born in Canada to Hungarian parents and raised in London. He studied at Oxford University and is the author of several novels including <em>All That Man Is<\/em>, which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. 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