John lanchesters novel follows the residents of one london street during an. John lanchester has 20 books on goodreads with 78724 ratings. We use cookies to give you the best possible experience. Celebrated novelist john lanchester author of the debt to pleasure returns with an epic novel that captures the obsessions of our time. Capital by john lanchester, 9780571234622, available at book depository. The book deals with multiple contemporary issues in british life including the financial crisis of 200708. Past performance is no guarantee of future results, of course, but this 50. It describes the crash as seen from london, and lizzie skurnick calls it brilliant. London life is explored via the residents of a single street in this finely observed novel, writes claire tomalin. Capital by john lanchester 97805727362 boomerang books. His books have won the hawthornden prize, the whitbread first novel prize, the e. John lanchesters capital feels like its the authors stateofthenation novel. John lanchesters pacy novel capital perfectly captures the zeitgeist of london on the cusp of the crash and after the mad house prices, the egregious bankers and their wives, the polish. The internationally celebrated author of the debt to pleasure returns with this major, breakout novel scathing and subversive, sharply witty and brilliantly observed as it follows the.
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