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L’István té quinze anys i viu amb la seva mare en un tranquil i anodí complex d’apartaments d’Hongria. Nou a la ciutat i tímid, no sap com fer amics a l’institut i ben aviat queda aïllat, amb la seva veïna —una dona casada de l’edat de la seva mare— com a única companyia. D’aquestes trobades naixerà una relació secreta que l’István no pot acabar d’entendre, fent que la seva vida comenci a escapar-se-li de les mans sense possibilitat de retorn.
Amb els anys, es veu arrossegat pel món dels diners i del poder del segle XXI. Passa de l’exèrcit a moure’s entre les elits més riques de Londres, mentre els seus propis desitjos —d’amor, d’intimitat, d’estatus i de riquesa— el porten a aconseguir una gran fortuna, però també a acostar-se perillosament a la seva pròpia destrucció.
Amb els anys, es veu arrossegat pel món dels diners i del poder del segle XXI. Passa de l’exèrcit a moure’s entre les elits més riques de Londres, mentre els seus propis desitjos —d’amor, d’intimitat, d’estatus i de riquesa— el porten a aconseguir una gran fortuna, però també a acostar-se perillosament a la seva pròpia destrucció.
347 pages, Kindle Edition
Published September 15, 2026
About the author
David Szalay
20 books1,356 followersDavid Szalay (born 1974 in Montreal, Quebec) is an English writer.
He was born in Canada, moved to the UK the following year and has lived there ever since. He studied at Oxford University and has written a number of radio dramas for the BBC.
He won the Betty Trask Award for his first novel, London and the South-East, along with the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize. Since then he has written two other novels: Innocent (2009) and Spring (2011).
He has also recently been named one of The Telegraph's Top 20 British Writers Under 40 and has also made it onto Granta magazine's 2013 list of the Best of Young British Novelists.
A fourth novel All That Man Is was longlisted for The Man Booker Prize 2016.
He was runner-up of the Booker Prize for All That Man Is, and winner 2025 with Flesh.
He was born in Canada, moved to the UK the following year and has lived there ever since. He studied at Oxford University and has written a number of radio dramas for the BBC.
He won the Betty Trask Award for his first novel, London and the South-East, along with the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize. Since then he has written two other novels: Innocent (2009) and Spring (2011).
He has also recently been named one of The Telegraph's Top 20 British Writers Under 40 and has also made it onto Granta magazine's 2013 list of the Best of Young British Novelists.
A fourth novel All That Man Is was longlisted for The Man Booker Prize 2016.
He was runner-up of the Booker Prize for All That Man Is, and winner 2025 with Flesh.
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