Peter Smallwood enjoys his role as surrogate father to his flatmate Jaqui's ten-year-old son When Jed lands a part in a film to be shot in Spain, Peter joins Jaqui and Jed on set Peter is not immune to the charms of the Adonis-like Quiepo, or to the shadow of his father, a veteran of the Spanish Civil War In charting Peter's journey towards a sense of his own identity, this novel explores themes of sex and spirituality, fatherhood, commitment and reconciliation