Sluchaynaya vakansiya

V Pegforde na sorokovom godu zhizni skoropostizhno skonchalsya chlen mestnogo soveta Barri Feyrbrazer. Eto sobytie poverglo gorozhan v shok. V provincial'nom angliyskom gorodke s moschenoy rynochnoy ploschad'yu i drevnim monastyrem, kazalos' by, carit idilliya, no tak li eto na samom dele? Chto skryvaetsya za krasivymi angliyskimi fasadami? Na samom dele tihiy gorodok uzhe davno nahoditsya v sostoyanii voyny. Bogatye konfliktuyut s bednymi, podrostki - s roditelyami, zheny - s muzh'yami, uchitelya - s uchenikami... Pegford ne takoy, kakim kazhetsya na pervyy vzglyad. No osvobodivsheesya kreslo v mestnom sovete tol'ko obostryaet vse eti konflikty i grozit privesti k takoy voyne, kotoroy esche ne videl malen'kiy gorodok.