Panorama de Narrativas: Capital (Paperback)

from lizchris

This is a sprawling, Dickensian tale of London in the financial crisis. The opening is intriguing, as a street in London is targeted by someone who puts leaflets through doors saying "we want what you have". But while is activity, there is consumption, on the street, there is no communty, no real...

from drmaf

Really got hooked by this. The ostensible plot regarding the mysterious postcards that all the inhabitants of Pepys Rd were receiving was a yawn and in the end the revelation of who was responsible and why was a massive anticlimax, but that didn't matter, because its only purpose was to hook you ...

from oldblack

The fact that I had no trouble finishing this 577 page novel is a testament to something....an enticing plot, I guess, although the plot is actually rather predictable! Actually just about everything in this book is predictable. The characters are really all very much stereotypes, and each of the...

from eglinton

Very readable, and very current for us Londoners, the range of characters and plots reflecting the big and hectic Habsburg-style melting pot we live in now. The book's size and scope and I suppose it's very defined London setting invite comparisons with Dickens; yet the episodic style - little sn...

from susandennis

This was a fascinating read. For reasons that would be spoilery, I can't quite explain why it's biggest downfall should, but does not, matter at all. I don't know when I've ever been so engaged with the characters in a novel before. I'm sorry John Lanchester hasn't written more novels but now, ha...