Universality

Brown, Natasha

ISBN 10: 0593977300 / ISBN 13: 9780593977309

Published by Random House, 2025

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Synopsis:

LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE • “A bold and memorable achievement.”—The Booker Prize 2025 judges

Remember—words are your weapons, they’re your tools, your currency: a twisty, slippery descent into the rhetoric of power, hailed as “a nesting doll of satire that leaves readers uncertain where their loyalties lie” (Financial Times)

“Original, vital, and unputdownable.”—Tess Gunty, National Book Award–winning author of The Rabbit Hutch

AN NPR AND PUBLISHERS WEEKLY BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR

Late one night on a Yorkshire farm, in the midst of an illegal rave, a young man is nearly bludgeoned to death with a solid gold bar.

An ambitious young journalist sets out to uncover the truth surrounding the attack, connecting the dots between an amoral banker landlord, an iconoclastic newspaper columnist, and a radical anarchist movement that has taken up residence on the farm. She solves the mystery, but her viral exposé raises more questions than it answers. Through a voyeuristic lens, and with a simmering power, Universality focuses on words: what we say, how we say it, and what we really mean.

A thrilling novel from one of the most acclaimed young novelists working today, Universality is a compelling, unsettling celebration of the spectacular, appalling force of language. It dares you to look away.

About the Author: Natasha Brown was named one of Granta’s Best of Young British Novelists. Her debut novel, Assembly, was shortlisted for the Folio Prize, the Goldsmiths Prize, and the Orwell Prize for Political Fiction. 

Bibliographic Details

Title: Universality
Publisher: Random House
Publication Date: 2025
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good