The Quantity Theory of Morality

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In The Quantity Theory of Morality, 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. The Quantity Theory of Morality delicately bookends his award-winning story collection The Quantity Theory of Insanity, which Martin Amis likened to a cross between 'a manic J. G. Ballard and a depressed David Lodge.' Although, as ever, 'Will Self's world is all his own.'

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9781804711392
Published: March 2026

Number of pages: 368
Width: 156 mm
Height: 234 mm
Depth: not specified

Publisher: Atlantic Books