{"product_id":"flesh-hardcover","title":"Flesh - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Szalay\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom Booker Prize finalist David Szalay, a propulsive, hypnotic novel, about a man whose future is derailed by a series of events that he is unable to control.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTeenaged Istv?n lives with his mother in a quiet apartment complex in Hungary. Shy and new in town, he is a stranger to the social rituals practiced by his classmates and soon becomes isolated, with his neighbor--a married woman close to his mother's age, whom he begrudgingly helps with errands--as his only companion. But as these periodical encounters shift into a clandestine relationship that Istv?n himself can barely understand, his life soon spirals out of control, ending in a violent accident that leaves a man dead. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhat follows is a rocky trajectory that sees Istv?n emigrate from Hungary to London, where he moves from job to job before finding steady work as a driver for London's billionaire class. At each juncture, his life is affected by the goodwill or self-interest of strangers. Through it all, Istv?n is a calm, detached observer of his own life, and through his eyes we experience a tragic twist on an immigrant \"success story,\" brightened by moments of sensitivity, softness, and Szalay's keen observation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFast-paced and immersive, \u003ci\u003eFlesh\u003c\/i\u003e reveals Istv?n's life through intimate moments, with lovers, employers, and family members, charted over the course of decades. As the story unfolds, the tension between what is seen and unseen, what can and cannot be said, hurtles forward until finally--with everything at stake--sudden tragedy again throws life as Istv?n knows it in jeopardy. Spare and penetrating, \u003ci\u003eFlesh \u003c\/i\u003etraces the imperceptible but indelible contours of unresolved trauma and its aftermath amid the precarity and violence of an ever-globalizing Europe with incisive insight, unyielding pathos, and startling humanity.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDavid Szalay is the author of \u003ci\u003eTurbulence\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLondon and the South-East\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAll That Man Is\u003c\/i\u003e. He's been awarded the Gordon Burn Prize and \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review \u003c\/i\u003ePlimpton Prize for Fiction and has been shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. Born in Canada, he grew up in London, and now lives in Vienna. His most recent novel is \u003ci\u003eFlesh\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.42 x 9.21 x 6.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44852611186758,"sku":"9781982122799","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0702\/9882\/8870\/files\/JJVl3XNpgU9781982122799.webp?v=1775601971","url":"https:\/\/wandowl.com\/products\/flesh-hardcover","provider":"Wand \u0026 Owl Coffee Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}