Universality — Natasha Brown

LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2025From the author of Assembly THE MUST READ NOVEL OF 2025 in the GUARDIAN SUNDAY TIMES GQ ELLE OBSERVER INDEPENDENT RADIO TIMES BBC HARPER S BAZAAR and GOOD HOUSEKEEPING An instant classic ELLE Utterly phenomenal ELIZABETH DAY Smart twisty and original DAVID NICHOLLS A sharp clever take on contemporary culture DAILY MAIL In a class of her own FINANCIAL TIMESOn an abandoned Yorkshire farm a group of hippie anarchists have taken up residence to build a new society When their leader is brutally bludgeoned with a solid gold bar an ambitious young journalist sets out to uncover the truth behind the attack The longread exposé she writes goes viral but is there more to the story than meets the eye Universality unravels the messy aftermath of that exposé through the perspective of each of the mystery s key players a self pitying banker a columnist with secrets a cult leader with dreams and a fugitive with nothing left to lose The follow up to Natasha Brown s Assembly is a twisty slippery story of media class power and truth Cutting through the noise it reveals British society today for what it is A searing state of the nation novel STYLIST Confirms Natasha Brown as a major talent OBSERVER A brilliant unusual social x ray of modern Britain ANDREW O HAGAN It is impossible to not get utterly sucked in JENNY MUSTARD One of the most intelligent voices writing today GUARDIAN Original vital and unputdownable TESS GUNTY Brown is an astute political observer easily dismembering cancel culture and our media circus NEW STATESMAN Tanıtım Bülteninden