Abstract: Lev is on his way to England to seek work, so that he can send money back to eastern Europe to support his mother and little daughter, but he finds himself struggling with the mysterious rituals of 'Englishness', and the fashions and fads of the London scene. Gradually, as Lev improves his command of communication and culture, he begins to recognise what it is that he wants, above all, to do with his working life. But by then he is no longer certain where 'home' is...