I read this novel around 2020-2021 and cannot remember the title or author. It may have been a bestseller at the time, set in contemporary England (London and the countryside), and was funny and satirical with multiple storylines and characters. Here are the details I remember:
**Plot threads:**
- A female programmer** who works for a media company with links to Russia. She discovers criminal ties and fears for her life. She is in a relationship with the owner of the company.the media company is involved in manipulating public opinion for a pro brexit_like and anti immigrant campaigns
- A **police detective** who struggles with politically correct and gender-neutral language, constantly getting into trouble because of it, while investigating crimes that turn out to be interconnected.
- A **theater actor** who loses a Hollywood opportunity due to the Me Too movement, is later accused of sexual harassment of female staff and actresses, and has spent years performing a play about a historical English figure who is then put on retrospective trial for sexually harassing maids in his household.
- A **feminist writer** who is a prominent figure in the feminist movement but gets canceled because of her opposition to transgender people using a women-only pond. She and/or her friend get killed
- A **Christian couple** running a B&B in the countryside who refuse a room to a gay couple. The gay couple posts about it online, it goes viral, and the Christian couple face a devastating backlash — possibly ending in suicide.
- A **Love Island**-type reality TV show subplot involving conflict between staff and management and there are links
- A social media company manipulating the political sphere — similar to Cambridge Analytica — with links to Russia, influencing far-right movements, migration debates, and issues around Brexit.
**Themes:** political correctness, wokeness, LGBTQ issues, gender-neutral language, social media manipulation, Me Too, cancel culture, Russia, far-right politics.
**The tone** is satirical and genuinely funny throughout.
**The cover** was light, possibly beige.
Any help identifying this would be hugely appreciated! I am going crazy here ...I read the book while in hospital for covid and i forgot not only the title and the authors name but i also can't remember the name of any character or how it all ended....so please help me
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