The Quantity Theory of Morality : A blistering state-of-the-nation novel from the Booker Prize-shortlisted author

The Quantity Theory of Morality : A blistering state-of-the-nation novel from the Booker Prize-shortlisted authorAuthor: Will Self Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) Published on 5 March 2026 by ATLANTIC BOOKS (Grove Press) in the United Kingdom. Hardback 368 pages 241 x 163 x 34 574g This 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

Author: Will Self

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Published on 5 March 2026 by ATLANTIC BOOKS (Grove Press) in the United Kingdom.

Hardback | 368 pages
241 x 163 x 34 | 574g

This 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.

With 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.