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''Capital'' (ISBN 9780571234622) is a novel by John Lanchester, published by Faber and Faber in 2012.〔(Capital, John Lanchester ). Faber.co.uk (2013-01-03). Retrieved on 2013-08-16.〕 The novel is set in London prior to and during the 2008 financial crisis. The title refers both to London as the capital city of the United Kingdom, and to financial capital. All of the main characters have a connection to Pepys Road, a street in the south London suburb of Clapham. The book deals with multiple contemporary issues in British life including the financial crisis of 2007–08, immigration, radical Islam, celebrity, and property prices. In 2015 a three part TV adaptation by Peter Bowker, and starring Lesley Sharp and Toby Jones, was filmed. The first episode was broadcast on BBC One on 24 November 2015. ==Characters== *Petunia Howe - an elderly widow who has lived on Pepys Road for most of her life. Her husband was Albert who died before the story starts. * *Mary - her adult daughter who lives in Essex * *Alan - Mary's husband * *Smitty - Mary's son and Petunia's grandson, a celebrated but anonymous artist similar to Banksy *Roger Yount - has a highly paid job in investment banking * *Arabella - his shopaholic wife * *Mark - his ambitious deputy at work *Ahmed and Rohinka Kamal - Pakistani immigrants who live on Pepys Road above their family shop, a convenience store * *Shahid and Usman - Ahmed's brothers who sometimes work in the shop * *Mrs Kamal - mother of Ahmed, Shahid and Usman, who comes to visit from Lahore *Freddy Kamo - talented footballer from Senegal who moves to London to play for a Premier League club, and lives on Pepys Road with Patrick, his father. * *Mickey - "gopher" at Freddy's football club who also manages the house where Freddy and Patrick live *Quentina Mkfesi - a highly educated asylum seeker from Zimbabwe, working illegally as a traffic warden on Pepys Road. *Zbigniew (Bogdan) - migrant Polish builder from Warsaw who works on houses in Pepys Road, later called in to work in Petunia's house. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Capital (novel)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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