与此同*时1984

简介

　　Adu)]l;t bro:- the?rs Mark and Co li[**n Pollock st ill live _?wit%-!h th^ei;.r p*arents;- F$%ra
nk and Mavis Poll(oc+`k in a s_mall ap.artment i@%n t^he projects of $London&#)[=39s east e ?nd in w!! h; at is a ^ (collective$^ depr$*essed) `and unhap/;py existen(%c`@;
e. The thre.(e $men o:`f the househ,#old are all on` the `@dole, each doing// li)ttle_  to; find gainful e\.mploy !-ment*) . ;Betw`ee\/
n the brothers,
. =@Mark is the smart a:/le:ck,  who ] %calls h+is^ parents by their given %names to ir^\k them,_ and wh ;o #h-+angs ou^ t with a b*-unch of ho*(ol^\+igans as he refe@^rs ^to himse]l[,f and %his friends, s\ ;uc,[h _* as a skinhea.d named Coxy. Al`thoug\h never medically d??iagnose]d as su`.ch, Col/:,..i?/n is *
 s--ee],mingly emotionally _ slow. Colin likes\^  to hang out with+ Mark
? and his#//# frien+^`.ds in his want to be ac?\+cepted,+ especially a%)_s Mark tells him tha!;)t
 a neighborhood`[ girl/, n:am%ed Hayley/
/ is in/+te re-![sted him. The fam]ily rarely socializes wit,.h =*M_a `vis:`9 si?
s%!ter and brot^,h[]e#?r=-in-law, *Barbar.a and +J*[o ,hn, w//;/ho) live .]a middl`e to!] upper midd+le class a #nd seemi(ngly perfect existenc!;e in th]
e suburbs of Chi.%gwell. Alt=hough ,not t.ell

ing the@- #m to their !/face, John disl(;ike/]s his /re-!lations by marr.`iage, beli@e.*]ving especia
#!l`/\ly M($!ark t=o be brash and trashy. A uni[latera@l act b^$y B#:`arba
ra? ?leads
t:o many iss*,;ue.s within :.the ex*/tend+ed family coming` to the surface, mo*$st spec`ifically the true happi
!(ness o+ f the marria.ge between Bar`bara #@and /-Joh n, and what *
Colin is truly l-ookin\+g fo@?r to be happy i=)n life.