This May, The Other House Book Club returns to The Library. Hosted by Lydia, our Membership Manager and resident bookworm, this month’s gathering will explore 2025 Booker Prize Winner, Flesh by David Szalay.  

Whether you’re returning to a beloved favourite from 2025 or experiencing it anew, join us for an intimate evening of thoughtful discussion in the cosy surroundings of The Library. 

About the book: 

Through chance, luck and choice, one man’s life takes him from a modest apartment in Hungary to the elite society of London… 

Fifteen-year-old István lives with his mother in a quiet apartment complex in Hungary. New to the town and shy, he becomes isolated, with his neighbour – a married woman – as his only companion. When a clandestine relationship begins between them, his life spirals out of control. 

As the years pass, István moves from the army to the circles of London’s elite. His competing impulses for love, intimacy, status and wealth win him unimaginable riches, until they threaten to undo him completely.  

About the author: 

David Szalay is the author of six works of fiction, including London and the South-East, for which he was awarded the Betty Trask and Geoffrey Faber Memorial prizes, All That Man Is, for which he was awarded the Gordon Burn Prize and Plimpton Prize for Fiction and shortlisted for the Booker Prize, and Turbulence, which won the Edge Hill Prize. Born in Canada, he grew up in London, and now lives in Vienna. His work has been translated into more than thirty languages. 

Fancy joining? Then we look forward to turning the page with you. 

(Please note that spoilers will be discussed!)