{"product_id":"9780224099783","title":"Flesh","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Szalay, David \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 6 March 2025 by Vintage Publishing (Jonathan Cape Ltd) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 368 pages\u003cbr\u003e164 x 244 x 35 | 576g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Brilliance on every page' Samantha Harvey'A revelatory novel' Sunday Times‘So brilliant and wise on chance, love, sex, money' David Nicholls‘How do I get out of a reading slump? This is the book to do that’ Rhianna Dhillon, BBC Radio 4Through chance, luck and choice, one man’s life takes him from a modest apartment in Hungary to the elite society of London – in this captivating new novel about the forces that make and break our livesFifteen-year-old István 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, István’s life spirals out of control.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'So much searing insight into the way we live now' Observer‘Refreshing, illuminating and true’ Financial Times'Compelling and elegant, merciless and poignant' Tessa Hadley‘Utterly engrossing and I read it all in a day’ 5* reader review‘I was hooked and tried to read this book with any spare moment that I had' 5* reader reviewA ‘Best Book of 2025’ in the Guardian, Observer, Financial Times, Daily Telegraph and Daily Mail\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55148032426359,"sku":"9780224099783","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/3199\/6807\/files\/9780224099783.jpg?v=1745336746","url":"https:\/\/thebookhousebroughtyferry.co.uk\/products\/9780224099783","provider":"The Bookhouse Broughty Ferry","version":"1.0","type":"link"}