It's Ben's twenty-fourth birthday and his estranged dad-the great but egotistical film talent advisor, Oliver Baring-has invited him to celebrate at The Moth & Flame, a fancy restaurant south of London's Hyde Park.

Ben, having once thought himself too practical and modest for a career in the arts, wrote a script for his dad to read-more for attention than aspiration. But thanks to the latest rumours about Oliver Baring, whether Ben can get Dad to read it is soon the least of their problems.

In a world where everyone's got a story idea in them, and no one can keep it there, Ben wonders if words will be enough, or whether he'll resort to violence to make his mark on the world.