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Adult >'b"$rothe/\rs Mark and Colin Po]!llock st"<ill live w)$it-h the*i &&r pa[??re#nts Fra^
nk and / Ma`v]*is P-olloc/ k in*=, a small ap_<artment in the p($(r<_(ojects .* of Lo _(ndon's ]east end in wha] >t[ i?s a col&!l$'-ecti':ve depr *%essed an:`d' ,_-@unhapp.y exist+'<enc_%?e. T$_he three men of
 =__[the household are `\all on the d=ole, each d];oing little to find gainful em=;&]ployment." Between %#the br+;/oth >e"$$.&rs, Mark^ *is th e smart aleck, who calls his =^paren/ts by their gi-;;ven nam']es to irk$= the_+(m, and who hangs out ? ^w_ [ith a b
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]u"@nch of hool&?:igans as/^ he $refers to hi$mself a,nd his frie_$nds, such a'$*s a sk];'*inh'_ea#!d`.= na?:+:med Coxy. (Altho "ugh n;ever medic *)a
) &lly dia%g/
nosed as such, Col&[=i/n is seem:?/!ing =#ly emotional#%(ly sl ow. C"<"oli.!
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l`-$ik\&e[$s to ha+?<ng out w=/ith Mark and his friends in hi%s- want t^(o be ac`@ !ce%],pted, %>(#e@s'"'pecially as M/ark te[<?lls'' him that a neig?hbo:r^,_hood girl named Hayley/>
i%> s interest[>(<ed= ,(;hi_,[m. The\ f/amily rarely s>.oci a#l]izes wi]th Mavis'[ sis>'t>er ;and brothe;r-in-law, Barb_ ara % :and John, who liv;[e =
a #middl^[=!e to uppe,`""r middl[e class and <seemi[ng`&^ly p$[erfect exis]tence @in the!=` subu:%rbs of&=$ . C higwe."'&ll. ^`<Al-t&
ho/?%ugh not telling the<+:m to the`'!_ir f&$ace, John (d]i ^slikes hi<-s relations by marriage, believing esp#]e\*cially/ Mark to be brash a/ nd trashy. A]`> uni&lateral act by Barbara leads to many issu@es>< wi/thin the extended fam*(il_y c=:oming to the >;,surfa& ce, mo?st speci!.fical\;ly the tru%"e happiness of the ma'`*rri<<age betwee<: n Barbara and?( John,
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what C(;/oli;#) n is truly +_)looki*ng`$ for to #` be happy in life.