The unusual setting of Far is a housing development in different stages of unfinished-ness. 
 
The inhabitants of this place were sold a dream of luxury and privilege that burst when the economic crisis hit the country, so it ended up being more like a depressing ghost town. Still, these people work hard to keep up the illusion of privilege, but they seem to be closer to being prisoners than people living the suburban dream. The community is cultish and dominated by performance: there is a need to belong, to earn acceptance. 
 
The unfinished parts of this development, on the other hand, are inhabited by all kinds of down-and-out people: some who don’t want to be found and others who don’t have anywhere to go. These squatters occupied the buildings and are marginalised by those who own houses in the development; they are irrationally feared and perceived to be monsters. 
 
Living on opposite sides of the fence, the unnamed man and woman who are the novel’s protagonists break all the unwritten rules and cause the suspended calm that prevails in the community to break. 
 
This is a story about community and found family; an exploration of identity, fear, and the lengths to which people will go to maintain an illusion, to create a sense of belonging even if there is no point to it.