Is the Canadian Booker winner worth reading?
Nov 24, 2025•28 min•Season 18Ep. 12
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Episode description
CBC Books’ Ryan B. Patrick gives his take on Flesh, this year's Booker Prize winner. David Szalay’s buzzy book follows the life of man from adolescence in Hungary to his wealthy middle age in London. Plus, writer Rabindranath Maharaj shares the most influential books in his life.
Books discussed on this week's show include:
Flesh by David Szalay
A Quiet Disappearance by Rabindranath Maharaj
Coral Island by R. M. Ballantyne
Watchmen by Alan Moore, illustrated by Dave Gibbons, coloured by John Higgins
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
A House for Mr Biswas by V.S. Naipaul
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