{"product_id":"quantity-theory-of-morality","title":"Quantity Theory of Morality","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Reads like early Nabokov: barbed, provocative, virtuosic in his performance of linguistic jokes...rollicking, unsettling and furiously intelligent' \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Full of pathos and penetrating insights into the best and worst in human nature.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eA consummate performance, it's a book that might finally silence Self's critics' \u003ci\u003eSpectator\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Quantity Theory of\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eMorality\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith \u003ci\u003eThe Quantity Theory of Morality\u003c\/i\u003e, Self provides the sequel to his award-winning debut of 35 years ago, \u003ci\u003eThe Quantity Theory of Insanity\u003c\/i\u003e. 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":"Atlantic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56413922459992,"sku":"9781804711224","price":23.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781804711224.jpg?v=1778306485","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/quantity-theory-of-morality","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}