Belfast, in the six months just before and after the ceasefire. Chuckie Lurgan - fat, Protestant and poor, suddenly becomes wealthy by various means; Jake Jackson - reformed tough guy - is looking for love; and the strange letters "OTG" appear all over the city to the ignorance of all.[...]

Shifting from the streets of London to Oxford and Belfast, a tramp tells an alarming story. His observations merge with "flashback" reminiscences from his youth as it becomes increasingly difficult to tell fact from fiction.[...]