David Asquith is a bumptious, preposterous rogue, yet as the rest of the world slides into financial ruin he plans a radiant pathway to personal success and universal happiness. The catalyst for his miraculous transformation is a chance meeting with a young woman called Daisy, beginning a chain of unlikely events that sees him quickly develop from pathetic failure to, in his eyes, a highly successful and brilliant entrepreneur and self-styled public benefactor. The story he tells of his glorious rise to meet the challenges of a worldwide economic downturn allows him to unleash his scorn towards people, institutions, and the whole world of commerce and finance - as well as to paint a self-portrait that drips with self-delusional comedy.
