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** From the author of The Wall **

''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

A moving, funny and insightful story of one London street, its inhabitants, and a world-changing event.

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 Pepys Road is turned upside down by the financial crash and a

Capital

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    A Paperback / softback by John Lanchester

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      Publisher Faber & Faber
      Published 3 January 2013
      ISBN-13 9780571234622
      978-0571234622
      ISBN-10 0571234623
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      Fiction Contemporary Fiction Business, Finance & Law Economic and financial crises and disasters

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      ** From the author of The Wall **

      ''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

      A moving, funny and insightful story of one London street, its inhabitants, and a world-changing event.

      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 Pepys Road is turned upside down by the financial crash and a

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