Capital – John Lanchester

The story centers on Pepys Road, an ordinary street in South London where property prices have skyrocketed. The residents—ranging from a wealthy investment banker to a Zimbabwean traffic warden and a Senegalese football prodigy—all receive a mysterious postcard that says: “We Want What You Have.” As they grapple with this unsettling message, their lives are further upended by the looming global financial crash