{"product_id":"9781804711224","title":"The Quantity Theory of Morality : A blistering state-of-the-nation novel from the Booker Prize-shortlisted author","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Self, Will \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Hardback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 05\/03\/2026,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 368 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781804711224,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis dark yet hilariously satirical state-of-an-era novel sees Will Self's middle-class, middle-English characters apparently trapped in a timeless go-round of polite chitchat in dinner parties that refract like a hall of mirrors, until one day someone says something to the effect of, 'This way to the gas chamber, please, ladies and gentlemen.'The Quantity Theory of Morality finally solves the equation of time and money that dominates our lives, in a way that is simultaneously deranging, destabilizing and hilarious, showing Self to be both a master of satire and slapstick humour and a sublime and thoughtful critic of the alienation of modern life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith The Quantity Theory of Morality, Self provides the sequel to his award-winning debut of 35 years ago, The Quantity Theory of Insanity. That literary psycho-surgery proved there wasn't enough sanity to go around - now he's established what many of us fear to be the absolute truth: there isn't enough good to go around, either.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56880513974645,"sku":"9781804711224","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9781804711224.jpg?v=1772908694","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9781804711224","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}