David Szalay has won the prestigious Booker Prize for his novel Flesh. Photo: AP PHOTO

Hungarian-British writer David Szalay has won this year's Booker Prize for fiction with his novel Flesh, the story of an ordinary man's life over several decades.

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Szalay, who was previously shortlisted in 2016 for All That Man Is, received STG50,000 ($A100,822) and a trophy, presented to him by last year's winner Samantha Harvey.

Flesh was described as an "extraordinary, singular novel" by chairman of the judges, Roddy Doyle.

An extract from the book, performed by rapper Stormzy, was screened a

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