apparently idyllic English village at the edge of a larger, and less desireable town. 
 Almost all the characters, there are plenty that are well developed, are unsympathetic. 
 spiteful, at war with their partners, kids and neighbours, sometimes in public most often just internally and through their covert actions 
 kids fare a little better 
 events revolve around the death of a local councillor, the attempts to disassociate the village from a local council estate and the involved and spiteful relationships between the locals