Flesh by David Szalay

Flesh by David SzalayFrom Booker shortlisted author David Szalay, comes a propulsive, hypnotic novel about a man who is unravelled by a series of events beyond his grasp 'A revelatory novel' Sunday Times 'Brilliance on every page' Samantha Harvey, author of Orbital A propulsive, hypnotic novel about a man who is unravelled by a series of events beyond his grasp. Fifteen year old Istvan lives with his mother in a quiet apartment complex in Hungary. New to the town and shy,

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bad-boy barber Knox prefers to live his life the way he takes his coffee: Alone

Airforce and Navy

the writing life

Lightlark-now in paperback

and fascism

abandoning their strictures against violence

a disrespectful parrot

drove-roads and sea paths that form part of a vast ancient network of routes criss-crossing the British Isles

Separated from her cousin and forced to work with the trickster Pan

in addition to feral species such as foxes and cats

Mana recounts hunting