{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/65417b4842acb40012b41e60/69ffb6492b71c054a31cc0d0?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Up Next: Flesh - David Szalay","description":"<p>Whitney, Mira, and Gary analyze another recently-published novel on the next episode of <strong><em>Writers Who Read</em></strong>. Next up: <em>Flesh </em>by David Szalay.</p><p><em>Flesh</em> is an unvarnished exploration of lonely masculinity. Okay. Istvǎn's interiority is a virtual blank slate, much like Rachel Cusk accomplished for her Outline trilogy narrator, okay? Stark Hemingwayesque prose and dialogue. Okay. Winner of the 2025 Booker Prize. Deservedly.</p>","author_name":"Gary Alan McBride"}