A Week in December
A week in December
A week in December is a novel by Sebastian Faulks. It is set during one week in December, and the plot is derived from several disparate characters.
Plot
The book begins with the elaborate seating plan of a dinner party. It ends once that dinner party has taken place. Several of the protagonists are present at the dinner, and the storylines are, to a large extent, tied up as a result of what occurs there.
In the course of the book the reader is introduced to John Veals, a hedge fund trader who is arguably the most important character. He is a ruthless businessman, whose immense fortune seem to have become meaningless. He is more interested in the chase, the challenge of acquiring more and more capital. As he embarks on one of the riskiest deals of his life, his family is about to be torn apart. But does he even care?
A young female tube driver meets an unsuccessful barrister; a Scottish muslim is drawn into a radical group, and a Polish footballer tries hard to adapt to life in a Premier league team.