Summary: John Lanchester's Capital, a black comedy of life on one street in London before and after the financial crash is our Book Club book of the week. The residents of Pepys Road appear to only be united by the coincidence of their addresses, until one day they begin to receive postcards inscribed with the simple statement "We want what you have." As the financial crisis deepens, a distinct air of suspicion and blame descends on the road once defined by a certain oblivious optimism and ambition. We spoke to John Lanchester about how his non-fiction writing on the banking crash fed into his novel, how this social commentary was influenced by Victorian writers, and why Capital is to some extent already an historical novel... http://youtu.be/nUM2JyiJ9cs You can read a free sample of Capital now. Dan Lewis, for Waterstones.com/blog You can buy Capital at your local Waterstones bookshop (http://bit.ly/s6sdlu) or online from Waterstones.com (http://bit.ly/YG6TID) To find out more about our Book Club selection, click here.
