The residents of Pepys Road, London - a banker and his shopaholic wife, an old w
oman dying of a brain tumour, a family of Pakistani shop owners, the young footb
all star from Senegal and his minder - all receive an anonymous postcard one day
with a simple message: we want what you have. Who is behind it? What do they wa
nt? As the mystery of the postcards deepens, the world around Pepys Road is turn
ed upside down by the financial crash and all of its residents' lives change bey
ond recognition over the course of the next year.
