Mon 23 Mar
|BookBar Chelsea
BookBar Presents... David Szalay in conversation with Monica Heisey
Winner of the 2025 Booker Prize, David Szalay, joins Monica Heisey in conversation to discuss his Booker-winning novel Flesh.
Time & Location
23 Mar 2026, 19:15 – 20:30
BookBar Chelsea, 11 Chelsea Manor St, London SW3 3TW, UK
About the event
Winner of the 2025 Booker Prize, David Szalay, joins Monica Heisey in conversation to discuss the novel that won this most auspicious literary prize, Flesh.
Flesh is a novel about class, ambition, privilege, masculinity that has shaped bookish conversation over the past year. A pacy Bildungsroman, spanning decades and travelling from Hungary to London, we can't wait to hear David discuss the process of writing Flesh and the aftermath of winning the Booker, alongside author and screenwriter Monica Heisey.
Join us on Monday 23rd March 2026 at BookBar Chelsea. The bar will open at 6:45pm with the conversation starting at 7:15pm.
About Flesh
Through 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…
Tickets
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Your ticket includes a paperback copy of Flesh by David Szalay (RRP £9.99) for collection from BookBar.
£28.00
+£0.70 ticket service fee
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£20.00
+£0.50 ticket service fee
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