Paperback edition of Smith's latest novel, set in London. Full of characters and inventiveness, it shows the city in all its 21st century glory. Follows the lives of 4 characters after they've left their childhood council estate, grown up and moved on to very different lives. The hardback sold more than 27,000 copies and debuted at number 5 in the }Sunday Times{ bestsellers list. 'Intensely funny, richly varied, always unexpected. A joyous, optimisitc, angry masterpiece.' Philip Hensher, }Daily Telegraph From private houses to public parks, at work and at play, their city is brutal, beautiful and complicated. Yet after a chance encounter they each find that the choices they've made, the people they once were and are now, can suddenly, rapidly unravel. With a portrait of modern urban life, this book is about London Life.
