Remember–words are your weapons, they’re your tools, your currencya twisty, slippery descent into the rhetoric of power.

“Original, vital, and unputdownable.”–Tess Gunty, National Book Award-winning author ofThe Rabbit Hutch

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 expos raises more questions than it answers. Through a voyeuristic lens, and with a simmering power,Universalityfocuses 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,Universalityis a compelling, unsettling celebration of the spectacular, appalling force of language. It dares you to look away.

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.

• Publisher:Random House
• Publish Date: March 4, 2025
• Pages: 176
• Dimensions: 1.25 pounds
• Language: English
• Type: Hardcover
• EAN/UPC: 9780593977309
• BISAC Categories: Literary, Political, World Literature – England – 21st Century