The lives of a disparate group of characters based on a street in London - Pepys Road. We dart quickly between their stories, building up portraits of each and leading us through the dramas of their mostly separate lives. It's easy to read, well researched, long and full of recognisable characters, some coming over as stereotypes, not "The Great London Novel" but certainly fun. ~ Sarah Broadhurst
| Primary Genre | Modern and Contemporary Fiction |
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** From the author of The Wall **Adapted into an Emmy Award-winning BBC One drama'Effortlessly brilliant . . . hugely moving and outrageously funny.' ObserverThe residents of Pepys Road, London - a banker and his shopaholic wife, an elderly woman dying of a brain tumour, the Pakistani family who run the local shop, the young football star from Senegal and his minder - all receive anonymous postcards with a simple message: We Want What You Have. Who is behind it? What do they want?As the mystery of the postcards deepens, the world around Pepys Road is turned upside down by the financial crash and all of its residents' lives change beyond recognition over the course of the next year.From the bestselling author of Whoops! and How to Speak Money comes a post-financial crisis, state-of-the-nation novel told with compassion, humour and unflinching truth.
Capital features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction, eBooks of the Month, Books of the Month, General Fiction, Fiction, Recommendations
Capital is available in Paperback, Ebook, Hardback
Capital was written by John Lanchester and published by Faber & Faber
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