David Szalay Wins 2025 Booker Prize with 'Flesh': A Masterful Portrait of an Ordinary Life

Nov 11, 2025 06:18 am CST

Hungarian-British author David Szalay has won the prestigious 2025 Booker Prize for his novel "Flesh," a spare yet powerful narrative chronicling an ordinary man's decades-spanning journey from immigrant struggles to London high society. The judges unanimously selected Szalay's work from 153 submissions, praising its unique narrative style that reveals profound truths through deliberate omissions and understated prose.