We’re thrilled that FLESH by David Szalay (Scribner US, Jonathan Cape UK) has been shortlisted for the 2025 Booker Prize!
The novel is one of six finalists for the most prestigious literary prize in the UK, with Szalay a previous shortlister for his novel ALL THAT MAN IS. The Booker judges wrote the following about FLESH:
In many ways István is stereotypically masculine–physical, impulsive, barely on speaking terms with his own feelings (and for much of the novel barely speaking: he must rank among the more reticent characters in literature). But somehow, using only the sparest of prose, this hypnotically tense and compelling book becomes an astonishingly moving portrait of a man’s life.
—2025 Booker Judges
The 2025 Booker Prize will be awarded on November 10th at a ceremony in London. See the full Booker shortlist here, and discover David Szalay’s FLESH, published in the US by Scribner, here.