{"product_id":"all-that-man-is-book-david-szalay-9781555977900","title":"All That Man Is","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the 2016 Man Booker Prize\u003cbr\u003e Winner of the 2016 \u003ci\u003eParis Review\u003c\/i\u003e Plimpton Prize for Fiction\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eA magnificent and ambitiously conceived portrait of contemporary life, by the author of \u003ci\u003eFlesh\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the 2025 Booker Prize\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e All That Man Is\u003c\/i\u003e traces the arc of life from the spring of youth to the winter of old age by following nine men who range from the working-class ex-grunt to the pompous college student, the middle-aged loser to the Russian oligarch. Ludicrous and inarticulate, shocking and despicable, vital, pitiable, and hilarious, these men paint a picture of modern manhood. David Szalay is a master of a new kind of realism that vibrates with detail, intelligence, relevance, and devastating pathos. In \u003ci\u003eAll That Man Is\u003c\/i\u003e, a Man Booker Prize finalist and the winner of the Gordon Burn Prize and the Plimpton Prize, he brilliantly illuminates the physical and emotional terrain of an increasingly globalized Europe.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Szalay's prose . . . is frequently brilliant, remarkable for its grace and economy . . . [\u003ci\u003eAll That Man Is\u003c\/i\u003eently brilliant, remarkable for its grace and economy . . . [\u003ci\u003eAll That Man Is\u003c\/i\u003eently brilliant, remarkable for its grace and economy . . . [\u003ci\u003eAll That Man Is\u003c\/i\u003eently brilliant, remarkable for its grace and economy . . . [\u003ci\u003eAll That Man Is\u003c\/i\u003e] has a new urgency now that the post-Cold War dream of a Europe of open borders and broad, shared identity has come under increasing question.\" --Garth Greenwell, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Szalay does so much and so well that we come to view his snapshots of lives as brilliant, captivating dramas.\" --\u003ci\u003eStar Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e (Minneapolis)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"A 100-megawatt novel: intelligent, intricate, so very well made, the form perfectly fitting the content. When I reached the end, I turned straight back to the start to begin again.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e (London)\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50477939982609,"sku":"CIN1555977901G","price":8.28,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":50477940211985,"sku":"CIN1555977901A","price":8.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50764313100561,"sku":"CIN1555977901VG","price":11.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51036916810001,"sku":"NIN9781555977900","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":51738766999825,"sku":"GOR014385981","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1555977901.jpg?v=1751341529","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/all-that-man-is-book-david-szalay-9781555977900","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}