Capital

Did I mention that I've joined a book club? I have - and tonight is the first meeting. We've read John Lanchester's Capital as the first book and I'm looking forward to seeing what the other ladies thought of it.  I found this book really interesting from page one. It follows the stories of people who live on or are associated with Pepys Road in London. The introduction to the book is particularly interesting in that it follows the history of the street, from when the houses were first built to the current day and the changes in the types of people that live there and the changes made to the buildings to suit changes in lifestyle. The reason that I found this particularly interesting is that I was born on Pepys Road in London (well, in the hospital really but I came 'home' to Pepys Road). Whilst there were some elements in the novel that made me think that Pepys Road was the one that I knew, there were also some references that made me think that it could be another road in London.

Anyway, back to the story, it centres around different people's lives on the street, with each chapter following a different story. It is pulled together when all of the residents on the street start to receive postcards with pictures of their own front door and the message 'we want what you have' written on the back.