FLESH
Εκδότης Jonathan Cape , ISBN 9780224099783
Spare, visceral, urgent, compelling. This book doesn't f**k around' Gary Stevenson'So brilliant and wise on chance, love, sex, money' David NichollsThrough chance, luck and choice, one man's life takes him from a modest apartment in Hungary to the elite society of London - in this captivating new novel about the forces that make and break our livesFifteen-year-old István lives with his mother in a quiet apartment complex in Hungary. New to the town and shy, he is unfamiliar with the social rituals at school and soon becomes isolated, with his neighbour - a married woman close to his mother's age - as his only companion.
As these encounters shift into a clandestine relationship, István's life spirals out of control. Years later, rising through the ranks from the army to the elite circles of London's super-rich, he navigates the twenty-first century's tides of money and power. Torn between love, intimacy, status, and wealth, his newfound riches threaten to undo him completely.
Περίληψη
Spare, visceral, urgent, compelling. This book doesn't f**k around' Gary Stevenson'So brilliant and wise on chance, love, sex, money' David NichollsThrough chance, luck and choice, one man's life takes him from a modest apartment in Hungary to the elite society of London - in this captivating new novel about the forces that make and break our livesFifteen-year-old István lives with his mother in a quiet apartment complex in Hungary. New to the town and shy, he is unfamiliar with the social rituals at school and soon becomes isolated, with his neighbour - a married woman close to his mother's age - as his only companion.
As these encounters shift into a clandestine relationship, István's life spirals out of control. Years later, rising through the ranks from the army to the elite circles of London's super-rich, he navigates the twenty-first century's tides of money and power. Torn between love, intimacy, status, and wealth, his newfound riches threaten to undo him completely.
Πληροφορίες προϊόντος
- Συγγραφέας Szalay, David
- Eκδότης Jonathan Cape
- ISBN 9780224099783
- Κωδικός Ευριπίδη 040100092348
- Έτος κυκλοφορίας 2025
- Σελίδες 368
- Διαστάσεις 16χ24
- Βάρος 578 gr
