Jonathan Coe's new book is a multi-part novel-suite, where each part is an event in British history of the 20th–21st centuries, including the end of the Second World War, the 1966 World Cup final, the wedding of Prince Charles and Diana, the death of Princess Diana, pandemic... Through this historical lens, the destinies of Bournville, the chocolate capital of the United Kingdom, and the family who lived there at different times are refracted. From the events of unnoticed private lives with their little details, both fleeting and repetitive, from the situational decisions of ordinary Britons to national upheavals and emotions - everything is in this incredibly capacious novel. Following the characters from generation to generation over seventy-five years, Coe traces the changes that both Britain as a whole and the private lives of the British are undergoing. Coe guides his characters through wartime nostalgia, through a sense of English exceptionalism that weakens with each passing decade, through personal secrets and national myths - his characters drift in the flow of history, the novel, confused, confused, but also inspired. Coe's novel is full of good-natured humor, sadness, hope and, of course, honest wisdom. This is an attempt to answer the question of where the British nation is heading and how exactly it chose this path.