Armed with his own memoirs and its embarrassing disclosures of his friends' youthful escapades, the hapless but likeable Eric gets mistakenly invited to his famous artist friend's giant bash at the latter's country pile. Wheedling his way in, he proceeds to cause havoc, leading to hilarious consequences. Both funny and satirical, we are taken through the lives of a group of friends threading through the 1970's and 1980's to the present day. Del Monté brilliantly evokes the essence of the late 20th century.