society achieves peace and stability by dispensing with monogamy, privacy, money, family and history itself. Now everyone belongs. You can be happy too. All you need to do is take your Soma pills. This is the brave new world of Aldous Huxley's deeply sinister and prophetic novel, a society based on maximum pleasure and complete surveillance - no matter the cost. 'A masterpiece of speculation ... As vibrant, fresh, and somehow shocking as it was when I first read it.' - Margaret Atwood. 'If you have time for just one book, this would be my top choice.' - Yuval Noah Harari. 'Provoking, stimulating, shocking and dazzling.' - Observer. Vintage Quarterbound Classics: Bound to be beautiful.