Adult br*[ *other s Ma;rk and C:olin Pollock still!+ live with their parents ,.Frank an
\d Mavis ]Poll/;ock in a sma; $l l apa$-rtmen%)=t in th`e _-/proje?cts of \.London's #east$ [end in wha/@t is a  c(^ollective d#epr!_ )essed! and u%@nhappy /,`existenc(e(,. Th):e three men o`,f the house=%%hold are al\l =[\on the\_ #/?dole, each doing l!i] ttle !to f*/:ind gainful
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emp`loy.ment. Betw+@een the brothers,` Mark i_`#s th e smart aleck, @who ;call;!=
s.\/= ,_.his par,]]$ents by their!
given n=-
ames ! ]to :=_irk them, and._ w/=ho hangs out $with a bunch of h_ooligan_\s .a?.+s; he refe!/*rs to h
_imself and his frie!nds, such as a `skinhead name,d C\
*oxy. Although nev;er medica!-!?lly di
^/agnosed a ?]s such, C?olin is see+
@mingly emotionally slow. Col)in likes to hang out^ with Ma[rk and\:#! his friends in hi#*[(s want t .%o ^be acce!`pted, es,!pecial$ly as Mark ],te%#l+ls him that a neighbo_rhood girl [named Hayley@ is inte+)+reste-*d him. The family rar.e@)ly soc*  ia:)! lizes wit,;h Mavis' sister `+
an`d brother-in-law,%+= Barba/:ra and John, =who li $\ve a m: iddl_ e to- upp=er m(:.id:dle clas #s an ^d seemingly;/ pe_!rfec[t ex]istence ((in t+?h#e su 
+burbs of#.@ Chig?we?.l[,l.
[ A?`ltho]+ -ugh no*)[t telling,% /t: /hem@ to th(eir fa?-[:
ce, John dis#:*l.!ike.#s his relations by mar,riage, believing especial#ly Mark to be bra^!sh and tra shy. A unilateral, a@c,t by Barbara :?l^.eads to `many#! i
ssues ;within th?^\e ^)#e*::xtended @%:fam[\ ily! c!$oming to the surface, *[) most ) spec-ifica`!!lly the true happ+iness of the,$ mar?( riage%_ b/+et*ween @Ba*rbara and John, and +)what Colin is trul-y (`-lookin*/$%g f(_:*o$r to be happy%` in life.