What does winning the Booker Prize mean today? Insights from BA English at UON

Dr Claire Allen

Press/Media

Description

Blog about what the 2025 Booker Prize winner Flesh by David Szalay reveals about literature, culture, and values and how this relates to issues explored in UON’s English degree.

Subject

English Literature

Period	14 Nov 2025

Media contributions

1

Media contributions

Title	What does winning the Booker Prize mean today? Insights from BA English at UON
Media type	Print
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
Date	14/11/25
Description	Blog about the 2025 Booker Prize wining novel Flesh by David Szalay, which considers the history of the Booker Prize, past winners, controversy and how many of the themes explored in this and past winning texts are considered on the BA English degree at the University of Northampton
Producer/Author	Claire Allen
URL	https://www.northampton.ac.uk/blog/what-does-winning-the-booker-prize-mean-today-insights-from-ba-english-at-uon/
Persons	Claire Allen

Keywords

Booker Prize
English Literature
Contemporary Fiction
Booker Bounce
male, pale and stale
Prophet Song
Radical Empathy
David Szalay
Flesh
Orbital