Universality (Black Cover)'Brave, wry, cool, and thrilling.' Andrew O'Hagan 'Original, vital, and unputdownable.' Tess Gunty 'Breathtaking a precise dissection of class, wealth and power.' Elizabeth Day In the new novel from the author of Assembly, a viral longread expos raises more questions than it answers. Remember words are your weapons, they're your tools, your currency. On a Yorkshire farm, a man is brutally bludgeoned with a solid gold bar. A plucky young journalist

will Naomi ultimately unlock the secrets of her own life

A passionate but ultimately tragic love affair starts when two students - one French

Paul Osney

Thankfully though

DCS James Langton headed the investigation

Petronius finds to his dismay that his personal sympathies lie more with the mad emperor than with the forces that seek to keep him in check

Ruby Johnson is a nanny and maid to wealthy families in Manhattan's West 74th Street

Stroop tries to piece together the puzzle of these deaths

How do you solve a mystery when the clues are hidden in the past

Interweaving the personal histories of the magazine's leaders - Cyril Connolly

Their macabre passion is giving names to the unidentified dead

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