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|title=Capital

|author=John Lanchester

|borrow=Yes

|isbn=9780571234608

|pages=577

|publisher=Faber and Faber

|date=February 2012

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|video=kNi_rYkp__Q

|summary=Lanchester takes a cross section of London life in this state of a nation series of interwoven short stories centred around one residential street in South London pre-financial crash. Astutely observed and highly entertaining.

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With a gentle nod to the great commentator of London life of the past, John Lanchester sets his wonderfully entertaining state of the nation book around Pepys Road. With a huge cast of characters, he looks as a cross section of London life and while in some ways not quite perfect, it comes pretty darn close.

It's a book that has much in common with [[The Secret Intensity of Everyday Life by William Nicholson]] which takes a similar type of view of the even more affluent, commuter belt life. [[A Week in December by Sebastian Faulks]] would probably also appeal.

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