# David Szalay
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david szalay (born 1974 in Montreal, Quebec) is an English writer. His surname is pronounced SOL-loy.
== Life ==
Szalay was born in Montreal in 1974 to a Canadian mother and a Hungarian father.
Flesh: Is it Worth the Hype?
We didn't always enjoy reading Flesh. We also couldn't stop thinking about it.
This week we're unpacking David Szalay's Booker Prize-winning novel, Flesh, discussing one of the most frustrating protagonists we've ever encountered, the novel's sparse and emotionally distant style, whether our frus…
David Szalay
This week, our guest is David Szalay. His novel – Flesh – was winner of the 2025 Man Booker Prize. The story begins in Hungary, and it stays close to a protagonist who moves somewhat aimlessly through life, rarely exhibiting any self-reflection. Szalay says that he wanted to write a character whos…
David Szalay: Flesh
In a novel, the words on the page are our entrance into another’s mind. But sometimes it’s the space between the lines that define a character.
In David Szalay’s 2025 Booker Prize–winning Flesh, István is caught between the boundaries of Hungary and England, his teenage years and adulthood, his b…
Did You Queer About… ‘Flesh’ by David Szalay and ‘People We Meet On Vacation’ on Netflix?
Mikey shares his thoughts on ‘Flesh’, the winner of the 2025 Booker Prize — an epic coming-of-age story that follows one man's journey from an awkward teenager in Hungary to the heights of London's elite. What was it about the novel that Mikey admired but ultimately stopped him from loving it?
Mea…
David Szalay on FLESH
Now out in paperback, Flesh is a poignant examination of one teenage boy's brush with trauma that continues to haunt him far into adulthood. David joins us to talk about Hungary, agency, free will, physicality, realism and more with cohost Chris Gillespie.
This episode of Poured Over was hosted b…
We ReRead Flesh By David Szalay
For the first episode of He Read She Read®, JP and Sarah deep dive the 2025 Booker Prize winning novel Flesh by David Szalay. They talk about how the Booker Prize is determined and the controversial 2025 judge, how they feel about Flesh and whether they believe it’s a worthy Booker Prize winner.
R…
The 2026 Booker Prize Shortlist | Learning British
Sam and Natalia visit the Southbank Centre in London as the 2026 Booker Prize shortlist is revealed.
The Booker Prize is a literary award given to the best English-language novel published each year. After attending the 2026 shortlist announcement on September 22nd, Sam and Natalia go through the…
Kit Harington
In One Nightstand, celebrity readers and writers join us at The Blond in 11 Howard to discuss their favorite books. In this episode, Charlotte Owen chats with ‘Game of Thrones’ star Kit Harington about trying to “improve” Dickens, the book that made him “insanely paranoid,” and joining HBO’s…
#242: "Mind Candy" - The Two Books I Couldn’t Put Down (Even If They Weren’t That Great)
Sometimes you don't want a great book. You want a book you can absolutely inhale. In this episode, I'm talking about mind-candy novels—books that are immersive, compulsively readable, and perhaps a little lacking in intellectual substance. The kind of books you pick up throughout the day, find exc…
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