Patrick Norval, a widower who commutes to a humdrum job in the city, has been content to jog along in his unambitious, pleasant life - until suddenly, his only son hits the pop music jackpot. Catapulted into a world of lush living, instant sex, drugs and ruthless greed, the lad is relieved to employ his father as his manager. But for Patrick it proves to be a difficult assignment. The tension between generations, between people who accept morals and manners as a necessary part of life and people who don't, highlights a problem that - in one form or another - must touch nearly all fathers and sons.