‘Writing about the kind of figure who is usually given short shrift in literary fiction, he avoids the obvious showdowns, allowing illness and accident to deepen the characters’ attachments.’
Tim Parks on David Szalay’s novels.
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Tim Parks on David Szalay’s novels.
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Tim Parks · You should get a job: David Szalay’s ‘Flesh’
All of David Szalay’s stories point up the body’s indifference to the plans the will seeks to impose, its capacity...
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November 10, 2025 at 9:40 PM
‘Writing about the kind of figure who is usually given short shrift in literary fiction, he avoids the obvious showdowns, allowing illness and accident to deepen the characters’ attachments.’
Tim Parks on David Szalay’s novels.
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Tim Parks on David Szalay’s novels.
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‘What makes “Audition” distinctive is a precision, a sharpness of focus, bare of corroborating detail. It’s hard to exaggerate how unusual this is in modern literature.’
Adam Mars-Jones on Katie Kitamura.
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Adam Mars-Jones on Katie Kitamura.
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Adam Mars-Jones · Transdimensional Cuckoo: On Katie Kitamura and Richard Price
Detail validates a fiction, giving the impression of a world that can be priced and measured, touched and tasted. But...
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November 10, 2025 at 9:33 PM
‘What makes “Audition” distinctive is a precision, a sharpness of focus, bare of corroborating detail. It’s hard to exaggerate how unusual this is in modern literature.’
Adam Mars-Jones on Katie Kitamura.
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Adam Mars-Jones on Katie Kitamura.
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