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The quantity theory of morality : together with five supporting propositions and an epilogue
Self, Will2026
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Will Self's pen remains dipped in vitriol and elegance as ever. The disaffected, middle-class, middle-aged urbanites that populate the novel seem helpless to stop the decay of their intimate, self-conscious social circle. And yet, as Self's skewering (and self-skewering) grows ever more wildly imaginative, targeting faith, death, money, queerness, Jewishness and nearly every piece of our social fabric's connective tissue, it becomes all too clear that the decay cannot simply be cut out - their lives are rotten to their core. With recurring - if defeated - appearances from now-canonical characters like Zack Busner, this new work shows Self to be both a master of satire and slapstick humour and a sublime and thoughtful critic of the alienation of modern life.
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Author:
Self, Will, author
Imprint:
London : Grove Press UK, 2026.
Collation:
355 pages ; 24 cm
Notes:
Originally published: New York: Grove Atlantic.
ISBN:
9781804711224 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
823.92SHO
Language:
English
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BRN:
9067509