
Capital : The bestselling novel, now on Netflix
by John Lanchester
Title:
Capital : The bestselling novel, now on Netflix
Author:
John Lanchester
Format:
Paperback
Number of pages:
592 pages
Publisher:
Faber and Faber Ltd
ISBN-13:
9780571234622
EAN:
9780571234622
Classifications:
Modern and Contemporary (Post c 1945)
Weight (g):
586
Dimensions (mm):
129 x 199 x 38
Publication Country:
United Kingdom
Language:
English
Condition:
New
Description
** PRE-ORDER LOOK WHAT YOU MADE ME DO, THE NEW NOVEL FROM JOHN LANCHESTER NOW **The top ten bestseller, now an award-winning Netflix TV series 'Effortlessly brilliant . . . hugely moving and outrageously funny.' Observer'A treat to read.' The Times'The great London novel of the twenty-first century.' New Statesman'Brimming with perception, humane empathy and relish . . . a capital achievement.' Sunday TimesThe award-winning adaptation of Capital is now available on Netflix: a moving, funny, and keenly insightful story of London on the brink of the financial crisis.The 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 them is turned upside down by the financial crash. A state-of-the-nation novel told with compassion, humour and unflinching truth, Capital tracks a year in the life of the Pepys Road residents as their lives are changed beyond recognition.John Lanchester's book Capital was a Sunday TImes bestseller w/c 19-02-2012
















