{"product_id":"flesh-1","title":"Flesh","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the 2025 Booker Prize!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom Booker-shortlisted author David Szalay, comes a propulsive, hypnotic novel about a man who is unravelled by a series of events beyond his grasp\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Brilliance on every page' Samantha Harvey, author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eOrbital\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘\u003ci\u003eFlesh\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a wonderful novel – so brilliant and wise on chance, love, sex, money' David Nicholls, author of\u003ci\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eOne Day\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA propulsive, hypnotic novel about a man who is unravelled by a series of events beyond his grasp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFifteen-year-old István lives with his mother in a quiet apartment complex in Hungary. New to the town and shy, he is unfamiliar with the social rituals at school and soon becomes isolated, with his neighbour – a married woman close to his mother’s age – as his only companion. These encounters shift into a clandestine relationship that István himself can barely understand, and his life soon spirals out of control.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs the years pass, he is carried gradually upwards on the currents of the twenty-first century’s tides of money and power, moving from the army to the company of London’s super-rich, with his own competing impulses for love, intimacy, status and wealth winning him unimaginable riches, until they threaten to undo him completely.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSpare and penetrating,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFlesh\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis the finest novel yet by a master of realism, asking profound questions about what drives a life: what makes it worth living, and what breaks it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePage Count: 368 Pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eImprint: Vintage\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublished: March 2026\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eISBN:\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e9781529932423\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"by David Szalay","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42242337701943,"sku":null,"price":28.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0269\/8166\/2775\/files\/9781529932423.jpg?v=1779320015","url":"https:\/\/www.booketybookbooks.co.nz\/products\/flesh-1","provider":"Bookety Book Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}