It tells the narrative of a well-to-do Irish family in financial, emotional and existential trouble: Dickie Barnes, who has taken over his father's auto business; his wife Imelda, a local beauty; daughter Cassie, preparing for university; and 12-year-old son PJ. The after-effects of the financial disaster have ruined the automobile company, and now that the money and the good times have gone out Dickie hides away in the woods, constructing a bunker against the fall of society while Imelda feverishly eBays their valuables. Cassie worries about her future; PJ dread divorce.
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