When Barry Fairbrother dies unexpectedly in his early forties, the little town of pagford is left in shock. Pagford is, seeminglu, an English idyll, with a cobbled market swuare and an ancient abbey but what lies behind the pretty facade is a town at war. Rich at war with poor, teenagers at war with their parents, wives at war with their husbands, teacher at war with thei pupils...Pagford is no…