HE DID IT! David Szalay Wins Booker Prize 2025 for ‘Risky’ Novel ‘Flesh’

He Bet on a "Risky" Book Called 'Flesh'… and Just Won the Booker Prize

It’s the moment the entire literary world was waiting for. The lights, the tension, the silent prayer on every shortlisted author's lips. And the winner of the 2025 Booker Prize is… David Szalay for 'Flesh'!

This wasn't just a win; it was a unanimous decision. A shock. A triumph.

Szalay, the 51-year-old Canadian-Hungarian-British author, was so unsure of the novel's chances that he literally asked his editor: "Could you imagine a novel called 'Flesh' winning the Booker Prize?"

Last night, in a packed ceremony at London's Old Billingsgate, he got his answer.

This is the story of how a book described as "dark," "risky," and "spare" just became the most important novel of the year.</