The late fifties and early sixties was a period of significant political and cultural change in the UK. 'You've never had it so good.' - 'The white heat of technology.' - Suez - Christine Keeler - That was the week that was -. The novel is set in South Wales and takes us through this era principally through the experiences of John Davies, a charismatic factory worker, young writer and political activist, his life and loves and his meteoric rise to fame via the 'new' medium of Television. Does he realise his dream of a New Jerusalem or end up bitter and disillusioned?