11 Nov 2025

Booker Prize's 2025 winner's 'bare bones' prose

From Nights, 8:20 pm on 11 November 2025

Flesh by Hungarian-British writer David Szalay has won the Booker Prize, which is the most prestigious literary prize in the English-speaking world.

RNZ's executive editor of specialist news Jeremy Rees has read all the nominated books. Was it a worthy winner? Jeremy brings his thoughts. 

Flesh by David Szalay won the 2025 Booker Prize.

Flesh by David Szalay won the 2025 Booker Prize. Photo: Supplied