Hungarian-British author David Szalay has been awarded the 2025 Booker Prize for Flesh, a sparse, quietly devastating novel that follows a single character, István, from his teenage years in Hungary through military service and eventually to London, where he finds himself working among the ultra-wealthy.
Announced at a ceremony in London’s Old Billingsgate on Monday evening, the win marks Szalay’s first Booker victory (though he previously came close — he was shortlisted in
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