![]() Later, Emma, a Hungarian prostitute, travels to London where she meets men who simplify sex by paying for it. Here and elsewhere, Szalay exposes the vulnerability that belies young men’s sexual bravado. In the opening chapter, two students visit Prague where one sleeps with their hostess, a middle-aged alcoholic whose husband is only interested in football. Most are British but there are Belgians and Danes too, so these are timely meditations on how this country sees Europe, how Europe sees us and how we see ourselves. “It’s important to feel part of something larger,” says one and, from the students of the first chapter, through the middle-aged drifters at the book’s centre, to the retiree with whom it ends, Szalay’s 21st-century men feel their lives lack meaning. ![]() ![]() ![]() David Szalay’s fourth novel tells the stories of nine male protagonists at various stages of their lives. ![]()
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