{"product_id":"david-szalay-flesh-2025-hardback","title":"David Szalay: Flesh [2025] hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Brilliance on every page' \u003c\/b\u003eSamantha Harvey\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A revelatory novel' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eSo brilliant and wise on chance, love, sex, money' \u003c\/b\u003eDavid Nicholls\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'How do I get out of a reading slump? This is the book to do that'\u003c\/b\u003e Rhianna Dhillon, \u003ci\u003eBBC Radio 4\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAt first there seems to be no reason to deny the body what it wants, whenever it wants it\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFifteen-year-old Istvan lives with his mother in a quiet apartment complex in Hungary. New to the town and shy, he is unfamiliar with the social rituals at school and soon becomes isolated, with his neighbour - a married woman close to his mother's age - as his only companion. As these encounters shift into a clandestine relationship, Istvan's life spirals out of control.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYears later, rising through the ranks from the army to the elite circles of London's super-rich, he navigates the twenty-first century's tides of money and power. Torn between love, intimacy, status, and wealth, his newfound riches threaten to undo him completely.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'So much searing insight into the way we live now' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Refreshing, illuminating and true'\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Compelling and elegant, merciless and poignant'\u003c\/b\u003e Tessa Hadley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Utterly engrossing and I read it all in a day'\u003c\/b\u003e 5* reader review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'I was hooked and tried to read this book with any spare moment that I had'\u003c\/b\u003e 5* reader review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA 'Best Book of 2025' in the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Financial Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Szalay, David","offers":[{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":51868741206355,"sku":"XV80224099783","price":14.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Like New","offer_id":52982271672659,"sku":"XE80224099783","price":15.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"New","offer_id":50577247142227,"sku":"9780224099783","price":24.7,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"Good","offer_id":54296982094163,"sku":"XG80224099783","price":9.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/szalay-david-david-szalay-flesh-2025-hardback-9780224099783-1147198212.jpg?v=1783955810","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/david-szalay-flesh-2025-hardback","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}