Can Danny overcome his stutter and win the girl against the evil machinations of Barry Wyton? And in the process save his brother's marriage?



Danny Walker, a young man crippled with shyness and an appalling stutter, finds some steel in himself when he meets and falls in love with Thalia, a deaf girl. However, there are a few flies in the ointment: his gross parents who seem to be stuck in the 1950's and his older brother, Matthew, who is intent on messing up his own marriage and the relationships of all those around him by his attempts at living a hedonistic lifestyle. But worst of all is Matthew's mate, the sneering Barry Wyton, who is intent on becoming the local drug baron and wants to pull Matthew and Danny into his sordid little world where they all risk being buried forever.

Danny constantly seeks to escape from his grim reality by imagining he is on the telly. But Danny’s imagined camaraderie with the likes of Jonathon Ross, Jeremy Clarkson and Darth Vadar cannot last forever and sooner or later Danny must abandon his imagination and face up to real life.

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Posted: 19/05/2012 09:41:26