A very average boy unwittingy casts Britain adrift sending both he and it on a voyage back to themselves.
Tom is a very average boy in a very average life who dreams of doing something so extraordinary, so amazing and so llfe affirming that everyone will find him so sexy and cool that the burning issues of 20 missing homeworks, rubbish parents and 'that kiss' would fade into insignificance against it.
In this story, Tom takes 'careful what you wish for', throws it about for a bit, and then raises it to an earth-moving and identity shifting majesty.
He unwittingly casts Britain adrift on the high seas to travel 'up a bit, left a bit and then down a bit' as a journey both physical and spiritual unfolds around them on their big strange journey back to themselves..
With the benefit of flannels and tunnels, bad furniture and shipping forecasts, Tom eventually unlocks love (or the strange feeling that he calls love) and the riddle of the parents he wished he never had in an adventure that shows that there's little to tell between Untied and United: it's just a matter of Crossing an 'I' and Dotting a 'T'.