- Fiction, short stories (single author), New York Times reviewed, Interpersonal relations, Fiction
"Twelve people on the move around planet Earth, twelve individual lives, each in turmoil, and each in some way touching the next. In this nuanced and deeply moving sequence, David Szalay's diverse protagonists circumnavigate the world in twelve plane journeys, from London to Madrid, from Dakar to Sao Paulo, to Toronto, to Delhi, to Doha, en route to see lovers and parents, children and siblings, or nobody at all.
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- earnestironic
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- First published
- 2018
- Pages
- 152
- Publisher
- Platinum Spotlight Series, Tusquets Editores S.A., Scribner
- Editions
- 9
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781473561243
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Canadian-born Hungarian-British writer. His sixth novel, Flesh, won the 2025 Booker Prize.
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