Awards

Flesh is a propulsive, hypnotic novel about a man undone by forces beyond his control. Fifteen-year-old Istvan lives a quiet life in Hungary with his mother until a forbidden relationship with his neighbour sets him on a path of secrecy and self-destruction. As he rises through the shifting worlds of the military and the super-rich, his hunger for love, status, and belonging propels him toward both power and ruin. Spare, haunting, and deeply human, Flesh is the work of a master realist, exploring what drives us, what sustains us, and what ultimately breaks us.

From the spellbinding Book of the Year to the dazzling Best First Book, this year’s winners are bursting with so much story-magic, your bookshelf will need extra room just to hold all the wonder!