Three strained relationships. Two contrasting locations. One man trying to make sense of it all.
The world of advertising can be a glamorous one, with interesting clients, famous names and photo shoots in exotic locations. However life in a provincial agency can be very different. Nick Willet, Creative Director of Havershaw Willet and Rose, has accepted that he will never share a fortnight in the Caribbean with Kate Moss, extolling the virtues of the Teeny-Weeny Bikini Company. Instead he works with a roster of clients who make such items as office chair castor wheels, scented candles and disposable bedpans.
Through a shared client Nick gets to travel to their advertising agency in London. Here he encounters a world quite alien to the one he is used to. During a particularly testing period of his life, Nick has to deal with three different relationships, none of which are as they first appear. Set between the sedate Cotswolds town of Haverton and the cut and thrust of London, Nick gets embroiled in a world of false friendships, dishonesty and marital woe.