Hungarian-British author beats novelists Kiran Desai and Andrew Miller to claim the prestigious award in London.

Judges praise ‘singular achievement’ of sparsely written novel that traces a man’s unlikely social ascent from Hungary to the world of London’s super-rich

The British-Hungarian author’s novel exploring modern masculinity was chosen unanimously as this year’s winner, says judging chair Roddy Doyle

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

The protagonist’s inner life is hidden from the reader in this highly original novel

Booker judges describe British-Hungarian author David Szalay's Flesh as "a very special book".

Hungarian-British author beats novelists Kiran Desai and Andrew Miller to claim the prestigious award in London.

Knapp und präzise, fesselnd und hypnotisch - so beschreibt der Booker-Preis den Gewinner-Roman «Flesh». Der Autor war nicht zum ersten Mal nominiert.

The British-Hungarian author's sixth novel tells the tortured story of a Hungarian emigré who makes and loses a fortune. Presenting the award, the Booker judges described it as a…

The novel is an unconventional kind of bildungsroman