Capital: The bestselling novel, now on Netflix (Panorama de Narrativas, #833)

by John Lanchester

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THE TOP TEN BESTSELLER, NOW AN AWARD-WINNING NETFLIX HIT

'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 Times

The 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

  • ISBN10 0571234623
  • ISBN13 9780571234622
  • Publish Date 3 January 2013 (first published 20 February 2012)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Faber & Faber
  • Edition Main
  • Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
  • Pages 592
  • Language English