The wild young bohemians are a group of friends who meet at Oxford University in the early 1980's. Beautiful, privileged, and confident that the world belongs to them, they look forward to a glittering future. Clinging together as they launch themselves upon the real adult world, their collective happiness is threatened by a ruthless, revengeful stranger from the underclass, apparently bent on punishing thier good fortune. But is he villain or victim? The seeds of destruction have already been planted, and one member of the group is poised to destroy the others. Real life is neither sweet nor easy, and golden lads and girls, all must, as chimney-sweepers, come to dust.