This is the story of Frank and April Wheeler - a smart, beautiful and talented married couple languishing under the banality of suburban life. Frank works as a clerk in a large New York firm, April is raising her children at home and dreams of an acting career, but they strive for something more, something exceptional. And now they are given a unique chance - to go to Paris, to start all over again... As soon as Revolutionary Road was released, the novel was immediately proclaimed a “literary masterpiece” (Tennessee Williams) and “The Great Gatsby for new times” (Kurt Vonnegut). The book was shortlisted for the main US literary award - the National Book Award and served as the basis for a big-budget drama by Sam Mendes starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet (for the first time together since Titanic!).