The Dice Was Loaded from the Start

Welcome to Pemberton Place, a leafy North London street, home to a cosy crowd of aging baby boomers, who moved in for a song and now find their properties are staggeringly desirable. Most recently it is also home to Max Anderson and his young family - courtesy of his wife's new job and a generous relocation package. Max may be a Gen-Xer, but the Boomers find him a breath of fresh air. In turn, he is enthralled as they welcome him into their houses bursting with the bookish bric-a-brac of their past lives - glory days of travel, parties, politics, careless affairs and encounters with the before-they-were-famous and infamous. The kind of life Max might have wanted for himself. But at the age of 42, Max is coming to terms with the fact that his career as a filmmaker has stalled and, really, so has he. Then eight politically minded Millennials move into an empty house, intent on making noise: casting the Boomers as the evil public face of the generational battle of the haves and have nots, they make Max the key to fulfilling much their bigger plans. Max is trapped. He adores the Boomers and hankers after their sophisticated affluence but is drawn to the youthful energy and promise of the righteous Millennials. Which side will he pick?Full of tenderness, humour and sharp observation, The Dice Was Loaded From The Start is a heartfelt and, ultimately, hopeful story about chance, choice and how we may yet bridge all that divides us.