David Szalay: Flesh

Sydney Writers' Festival by Sydney Writers' Festival

Jul 16, 202655:24Society & Culture

In a novel, the words on the page are our entrance into another's mind. But sometimes it's the space between the lines that define a character. In David Szalay's 2025 Booker Prize–winning Flesh , István is c...

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