John Maxwell ? Eton and Oxford educated ? has it all ? married to the boss's daughter ? lovely home ? beautiful children ? becomes disillusioned with his job ? frustrated with his marriage ? cigarettes and alcohol to numb the pain ? a time bomb of dissatisfaction...

Belinda and David ? budding artists, young, attractive, inspiring, hitch-hiking to London in the vanguard of the seventies' social revolution...

When John's world collides with Belinda and David's, the results are explosive.

In this powerful novel, the crumbling façade of suburban conformity meets a new tide of freedom and sex head-on. But is the grass always greener...?