- Literary Fiction, Contemporary, British literature
Teenaged István 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.
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- Author
- David Szalay
- First published
- 2025
- Pages
- 368
- Publisher
- Scribner
- Editions
- 1
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781982122812
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Canadian-born Hungarian-British writer. His sixth novel, Flesh, won the 2025 Booker Prize.
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