The Booker Prize in DCU Library

Teenage István’s relationship with an older woman leads to tragedy and trauma. We follow his life through intimate moments, with lovers, employers, and family members, charted over the course of decades. The story hurtles forward, brightened by moments of sensitivity and softness until sudden tragedy again throws István’s life into jeopardy.

The Booker Prize judges “had never read anything quite like it”, said panel chair Roddy Doyle who went on to say, “It is, in many ways, a dark book, but it is a joy to read.”

Born in Montreal to a Hungarian father and Canadian mother, Szalay grew up in London. He has lived in Lebanon and the UK, and now lives in Vienna. After graduating from Oxford, he worked as a financial advertising sales executive. Flesh is his sixth novel.

Flesh is located in Cregan Library and O'Reilly Library

One woman, the performance of a lifetime. Two people meet for lunch in a Manhattan restaurant. She's an accomplished actress in rehearsals for an upcoming premiere. He's attractive, troubling, young--young enough to be her son. Who is he to her, and who is she to him? Two competing narratives unspool, rewriting our understanding of the roles we play every day - partner, parent, creator, muse - and the truths every performance masks, especially from those who think they know us most intimately.
Located at Cregan and O'Reilly Libraries

Eric and Irene and Bill and Rita are two young couples living next to each other. Despite their apparent differences, the two women (both pregnant) strike an easy friendship - a connection that comes as a respite from the surprising tediousness of married life. But as one of the coldest winters on record grips England, the two couples find themselves cut off from the rest of the world. Suddenly old tensions and shocking new discoveries threaten to change the course of their lives forever.
Located at Cregan and O'Reilly Libraries

When Tom's wife had an affair, he resolved to leave her once their children had grown up. Twelve years later, after driving his daughter to university, he remembers his pact and keeps driving West to visit friends, family and an old girlfriend. But he also has secrets of his own - trouble at work and health issues - and sometimes running away is the hardest thing to do.
Located at Cregan and O'Reilly Libraries and as an ebook.

When Sonia and Sunny first glimpse each other on an overnight train, they are immediately captivated, yet also embarrassed by the fact that their grandparents had once tried to matchmake them, a clumsy meddling that only served to drive Sonia and Sunny apart. Uncertain of their future, Sonia and Sunny embark on a search for happiness together as they confront the many alienations of our modern world.
Located at Cregan and O'Reilly Libraries and as an ebook.

One evening, 10-year-old Louisa and her father take a walk out on the breakwater. They are spending the summer in a coastal Japanese town. When Louisa wakes hours later, she has washed up on the beach and her father is missing, probably drowned. The disappearance of Louisa’s father shatters their small family unit. As Louisa and her American mother Anne return to the US, this traumatic event reverberates across time and space, and the mystery of what really happened to her father, Serk slowly unravels.
Located at Cregan and O'Reilly Libraries and as an ebook