The Hicksons are a quintessentially comfortable Blairite middle-class family with a house on the edge of the New Forest in Hampshire. On Boxing Day, the two sons arrive: Shea and Orwell. Shea retires to his father's study to make a phone call and discovers his father hanging from the light-fitting. So begins a journey of discovery by Shea to find out why his father - who defied his working class roots to achieve celebrity status - killed himself.
