Flesh by David Szalay Bed Time Story Much more than the story

Much more than the story of monuments in stone

so you can create a life filled with direction

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Flesh by David Szalay Bed Time Story Much more than the storyWINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2025 A propulsive, hypnotic novel about a man who is unravelled by a series of events beyond his grasp. Fifteen year old Istvn 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 mothers age as his only companion. These encounters shift into a clandestine