Szalay wins 2025 Booker Prize

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The Guardian

David Szalay Wins 2025 Booker Prize for Flesh

The judges had never read anything quite like it, says panel chair Roddy Doyle, announcing the Hungarian-British author's novel as the winner of the £50,000 prize. Justine Jordan says the risky strategy of Booker winner Flesh pays off. Hungarian-British author David Szalay has won the 2025 Booker Prize for his novel Flesh. Szalay’s sixth work of fiction traces the life of one man, István, from youth to midlife. The judges had never read anything quite like it, said Doyle, who won the prize in 1993. It is, in many ways, a dark book, but it is a joy to read.

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Miklós Kiss

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Hungarian-British author David Szalay has won the 2025 Booker prize for his novel Flesh!

(which is being translated to Hungarian by my brother!!!)

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...

David Szalay wins 2025 Booker prize for ‘dark’ Flesh

The judges ‘had never read anything quite like it’, says panel chair Roddy Doyle, announcing the Hungarian-British author’s novel as the winner of the £50,000 award

www.theguardian.com

November 10, 2025 at 10:11 PM

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The New York Times

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Breaking News: David Szalay’s “Flesh,” a rags-to-riches tale of a taciturn Hungarian teenager, won the Booker Prize, one of literature’s pre-eminent awards. nyti.ms/43iCWDi

2025 Booker Prize Goes to David Szalay’s ‘Flesh’

The rags-to-riches tale had already made fans of Zadie Smith and Dua Lipa. Roddy Doyle, who chaired the judging panel, called the book “singular” and “extraordinary.”

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November 10, 2025 at 10:12 PM

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Gary Rawnsley

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Congratulations to David Szalay, author of Flesh & winner of the 2025 Booker Prize. An excellent choice. @thebookerprizes.com

November 10, 2025 at 9:56 PM

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ABC News Bot (unofficial)

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Hungarian British author David Szalay has bested past winner Kiran Desai and former shortlistee Andrew Miller to win the prestigious Booker Prize for his sixth book, the 'extraordinary, singular' Flesh.

'Dark book but joy to read': David Szalay's Flesh wins $100k Booker Prize

Hungarian British author David Szalay has bested past winner Kiran Desai and former shortlistee Andrew Miller to win the prestigious Booker Prize for his sixth book, the 'extraordinary, singular' Flesh.

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November 10, 2025 at 10:08 PM

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by Gary D. Rawnsley

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Gary Rawnsley

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Good luck to all authors shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2025 announced tonight. It’s an extremely strong shortlist this year - I can’t call it. #BookerPrize

November 10, 2025 at 2:47 PM

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Trude Dijkstra

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Call for nominations for the Menno Hertzberger Prize 2026 in Book Studies of the Low Countries broadly considered (also looking at you specialists of print or cartography). Please nominate a colleague (or yourself!) either for Best Book or for the Encouragement Prize 1/8 #bookhistory #bookstudies

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November 10, 2025 at 2:54 PM

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