Paperback edition of Lanchester's epic novel set in London, following a range of different characters who live on or are connected to one street. The hardback reached number 2 in the chart, and there will be a huge marketing and PR campaign to support this paperback. There will also be an extensive author tour including headline events at all the major literary festivals. 'Brimming with perception, humane empathy and relish... a capital achievement.' "Sunday Times"

John Lanchester has written five novels, The Debt to Pleasure, Mr Phillips, Fragrant Harbour, Capital and The Wall, and three works of non-fiction: Family Romance, a memoir; Whoops!: Why everyone owes everyone and no one can pay, about the global financial crisis; and How to Speak Money, a primer in popular economics. His books have won the Hawthornden Prize, the Whitbread First Novel Prize, the E. M. Forster Award, and the Premi Llibreter, been longlisted for the Booker Prize, and been translated into twenty-five languages. He is a contributing editor to the London Review of Books and a regular contributor to the New Yorker.