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Episode 8

Episode 8 of 10

At Paddington Green Police Station, Shahid gets a nice surprise, while at work, Roger gets a terrible one. Read by Rafe Spall.

At Paddington Green Police Station Shahid gets a nice surprise, meanwhile at work Roger gets a terrible one.

Capital - the new novel by John Lanchester - is the story of one south London street, which has seen a hundred years of fortunes made and lost, of hearts broken, of first steps and last breaths. And then, one day a card with a simple message drops through each letterbox: 'We Want What You Have'....

Capital interweaves the lives and stories of the residents of Pepys Road in an utterly compelling, post-crash, state-of-the-nation novel told with compassion, humour and truth; epic in scope, yet intimate and contemplative.

Producer: David Roper
A Heavy Entertainment production for 成人快手 Radio 4.

15 minutes

Last on

Thu 1 Dec 2016 02:00

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