When Barry Fairweather suddenly dies in his early 40s, the residents of Pagford are shocked. At first glance, the English small town with its charming marketplace and old church seems like a dreamy and peaceful idyll, foreign to excitement. But appearances are deceiving. Behind the picturesque facade, the town is at war. A war between the rich and the poor, between children and their parents, between women and their husbands, between teachers and students...