David Szalay London & the South-East Paperback Book

THE 2025 BOOKER PRIZE WINNING AUTHOR OF FLESHOne of the great English novels of recent years Rachel CuskA discontented ad salesman finds his life changed, in the wryly funny and addictive first novel from the 2025 BookerPrize winning author of FLESHPaul Rainey, an ad salesman, perceives dimly through a fog of psychoactive substances his dissatisfaction with his life professional, sexual, weekends, the lot. He only wishes there was something he could do about it. And something seems to fall into his lap when a meeting with an old friend and fellow salesman, Eddy Jaw, leads to the offer of a new job. But when this offer turns out to be as misleading as Pauls sales patter, his life and that of his family are transformed in ways very much more peculiar than he ever thought possible. Startlingly good The IndependentWonderfully dark The Times | David Szalay London & the South-East Paperback Book