THE TOP TEN BESTSELLER, NOW AN AWARD-WINNING NETFLIX HIT ''Effortlessly brilliant . . . hugely moving and outrageously funny.'' Observer''A treat to read.'' The Times''The great London novel of the twenty-first century.'' New Statesman''Brimming with perception, humane empathy and relish . . . a capital achievement.'' Sunday TimesThe award-winning adaptation of Capital is now available on Netflix: a moving, funny, and keenly insightful story of London on the brink of the financial crisis.The residents of Pepys Road, London - a banker and his shopaholic wife, an elderly woman dying of a brain tumour, the Pakistani family who run the local shop, the young football star from Senegal and his minder - all receive anonymous postcards with a simple message: We Want What You Have. Who is behind it? What do they want?As the mystery of the postcards deepens, the world around them is turned upside down by the financial crash. A state-of-the-nation novel told with compassion, humour and unflinching truth, Capital tracks a year in the life of the Pepys Road residents as their lives are changed beyond recognition.John Lanchester''s book Capital was a Sunday TImes bestseller w/c 19-02-2012