Set in the fictional town of Pagford, in South West England, where the death of one man, Barry Fairbrother, becomes the catalyst that provokes the whole novel, this story is a little like a version of 'It's a Wonderful Life' where,Set in the fictional town of Pagford, in South West England, where the death of one man, Barry Fairbrother, becomes the catalyst that provokes the whole novel, this story is a little like a version of 'It's a Wonderful Life' where,