Description
On London's quiet Pepys Road, a collection of disparate lives—a banker and his wife, a dying elderly woman, a Pakistani shopkeeping family, and a young Senegalese footballer—are disrupted by anonymous postcards bearing a chilling message: "We Want What You Have." As this unsettling mystery unfolds, the residents find their world irrevocably altered by the seismic shockwaves of the global financial crisis. Over the course of a year, their fortunes shift and their realities transform, revealing the profound impact of economic upheaval on individual lives. This novel offers a poignant and often humorous examination of contemporary society, exploring themes of wealth, inequality, and the human condition in the wake of financial collapse.
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Published Jan 1, 2012
577 pages
ISBN: 9780571234615
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Details
First Published
2012
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Capital by John Lanchester.