{"product_id":"the-quantity-theory-of-morality-by-will-self-9781804711224","title":"The Quantity Theory of Morality","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Quantity Theory of Morality\u003c\/em\u003e, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith 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. \u003cem\u003eThe Quantity Theory of Morality\u003c\/em\u003e delicately bookends his award-winning story collection \u003cem\u003eThe Quantity Theory of Insanity\u003c\/em\u003e, which Martin Amis likened to a cross between 'a manic J. G. Ballard and a depressed David Lodge.' Although, as ever, \u003cem\u003eWill Self's world is all his own\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47496620343532,"sku":"9781804711224","price":49.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781804711224-the-quantity-theory-of-morality.jpg?v=1775799882","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-quantity-theory-of-morality-by-will-self-9781804711224","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}