A rainy night in London. Shots are fired into a car which swerves on to the pavement, ploughing into a bus stop.
It seems
...
1916. Pretty young Eithne Clay runs a ramshackle South London boarding house with the help of her teenage son, Ralph, & their maid, Winnie. Struggling to keep herself, her lodgers, & her son going as everyday life vanishes in the face of war. Eithne's world is transformed by the arrival of Mr Turk, the virile, carnal, carnivorous local butcher who falls passionately in love with her. As the house bursts to life with the electricity
- metaphorical & real
- he brings, dark secrets come to light...