Matthew Bourne -- very much the center of his own universe -- has a long-
term partner, a mistress, and a successful career with a human rights
agency, where he is campaigning to secure the release of a condemned
African dissident. Then one day a colleague's wife dies in tragic
circumstances, and Matthew is called to identify the body. Only much later
does he realize that this incident has seeped into his life like a slow
poison, and he spirals into a nightmare of death and betrayal.