Universality is a satire recalling Eleanor Catton’s Birnam Wood eco-warriors, Bella Mackie’s ridicule of the rich and the derision of the media

Natasha Brown's debut a cleanly written 112 pages told the story of a black British woman as she prepares for a party at her white boyfriend’s family estate.

In Universality, she examines how identity politics is cynically co-opted, especially by the media classes.

While Assembly brought to mind the vivid interiority of Virginia Woolf , Universality is a satire.

Natasha Brown is a daring writer, and with her witty, often savage prose, she sees through every one of us.

There's a lot in here that will upset various corners of the media elite, which is no bad thing.

The novel's brevity and flipping between perspectives doesn't offer a substantive opportunity to try.