‘It’s notoriously hard to write about sex’: David Szalay on Flesh, his astounding Booker prize-winner
- Posted on November 11, 2025
- By The Guardian
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‘It’s notoriously hard to write about sex’: David Szalay on Flesh, his astounding Booker prize-winner
The novel’s protagonist is violent, libidinous and so inarticulate he says ‘OK’ some 500 times. So how did the author turn his story into a tragic masterpiece?
