About this book
"A vibrant piece of fiction, pulsating with events and emotionsā¦Seems destined to be read a hundred years from now." āMartin Rubin, Los Angeles Times
Each house on Pepys Road, an ordinary street in London, has seen its fair share of first steps and last breaths, and plenty of laughter in between. But each of the street's residentsāa rich banker and his shopaholic wife, a soccer prodigy from Senegal, Pakistani shop owners, a dying old woman and her graffiti-artist sonāis receiving a menacing postcard with a simple message: "We Want What You Have." Who is behind this? What do they really want? In Capital, John Lanchester ("an elegant and wonderfully witty writer"ā New York Times ) delivers a warm and compassionate novel that captures the anxieties of our timeāproperty values going up, fortunes going down, a potential terrorist around every cornerāwith an unforgettable cast of characters.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Also by John Lanchester
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Prologue
- PART ONE: December 2007
- PART TWO: April 2008
- PART THREE: August 2008
- PART FOUR: November 2008
- Praise for Capital
- Copyright