1964: A DYING MAN LIES OUTSIDE A BIRMINGHAM JAZZ CLUB, THE MOUTHPIECE OF A TRUMPET RAMMED INTO HIS THROAT. 1994: hapless reporter Stanley Snout, son of a Coventry glass blower, investigates the disappearance of his father, three decades earlier … a mystery with roots in 1930’s Berlin. To solve it will call for ingenuity, powerful antiseptic ointments and several pairs of multi-pocket action trousers. When underachieving journalist Stanley Snout spots his dad’s old Morris Oxford in a vintage tv film, he embarks on a chaotic investigation that takes him on his first trip abroad. It’s a journey of self-revelation for the hypochondriac bachelor, as he discovers he’s a far better accordionist than he ever imagined … and that his fiancé of 13 years may have been keeping a big secret from him …