The English writer Scarlett Thomas published her first novel at the age of 26. Then she published two more, and the Independent on Sunday included her in the prestigious list of the twenty best young authors. Her penultimate book, The Lumas Obsession, became an international bestseller. Our Tragic Universe is the new novel by Scarlett Thomas. Meg considers herself a writer. She dreams of writing a “real” book, but instead is forced to engage in “custom” fiction: she has to pay for a house in which she is suffocating from dampness, and also support a boyfriend, with whom her relationship has long been at an impasse. In addition, she falls in love with another man: he is old enough to be her father, and is not free. However, everything suddenly changes when she has a book by psychoanalyst Kelsey Newman at her fingertips. If we believe his theory about the end of the universe, then we will all live forever. Meg can't forget Newman's words, and they begin to influence her life in inexplicable ways.