" Whatever people say I am, that's what I'm not.
All I want is a good time. The rest is propaganda... "
Working all week at the lathe leaves Arthur Seaton with energy to spare at the weekends. A hard-drinking, hard-working rebel, he knows exactly what he wants, and how to get it. Before long his dalliances with a couple of married women make him the centre of local gossip. But then one evening he me a young girl in a pub, and life begins to look a little less simple...