Flesh by David Szalay Fantasy Rooney’s novel

Rooney’s novel

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Flesh by David Szalay Fantasy Rooney’s novelWINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2025* Through chance, luck and choice, one mans 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 Fifteen year old Istvn 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