Episode 9
Life is changing for the residents of Pepys Road. For some the changes are good, for the Younts they are not! Read by Rafe Spall.
It's November 2008 in Pepys Road and life is changing for its residents. For some the changes are good, for the Younts they're not.
Capital - the new novel by John Lanchester - is the story of one south London street, which has seen a hundred years of fortunes made and lost, of hearts broken, of first steps and last breaths. And then, one day a card with a simple message drops through each letterbox: 'We Want What You Have'....
Capital interweaves the lives and stories of the residents of Pepys Road in an utterly compelling, post-crash, state-of-the-nation novel told with compassion, humour and truth; epic in scope, yet intimate and contemplative.
Producer: David Roper
A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4.
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