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A life shaped by chance and appetite
István grows up on a Hungarian housing estate, quiet and watchful, trying to understand the rules everyone else seems to know. When a relationship begins that he is not prepared for, it sets a pattern of impulsive decisions and consequences that follow him far beyond his teenage years.
As he moves through work, violence, and long stretches of drifting, István’s life opens and closes in unexpected ways. The story tracks his rise out of poverty and the strange intimacy of proximity to power, including a later life among wealthy London circles where comfort can feel as unstable as danger.
Flesh keeps its focus on what is said and what stays unsaid as István changes roles and worlds. It is a portrait of a man learning, too late and too often, how the body remembers what the mind tries to leave behind.
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Flesh by David Szalay follows István from adolescence on a Hungarian estate into adulthood that keeps turning on desire, money, and sudden shocks. A relationship with an older married woman becomes an early rupture, and the consequences echo as his life later pulls him toward work and privilege far from home.
Try the free trial, cancel anytime. Narrated by Daniel Weyman and running 9 hrs and 36 mins, the performance suits Szalay’s direct style, letting small interactions and quiet gaps carry the weight as István moves between Hungary and London.
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