Jimmy and Alison Porter, a young married couple, live in a Midlands industrial town (Derby) in a shabby attic flat, which they share with Jimmy’s best friend and business partner, Cliff. Despite his working-class background, Jimmy graduated from university, but has not pursued a professional career. He and Cliff make a meager living running candy-stall in the local market. Jimmy’s inability to climb the socioeconomic ladder, coupled with other injustices he sees around him (such as the harassment of an Indian immigrant stall operator) make him angry at society, particularly the upper classes. He takes out his frustrations by mocking and dominating his wife Alison, a submissive girl from an upper-class family. Jimmy's love for Alison is mixed with contempt at her privileged life, as he feels she never had to experience want, pain or suffering. He verbally abuses her, including telling her that he wishes she would have a child that would die. Unbeknownst to Jimmy, Alison is pregnant, and having mixed feelings about the pregnancy and her marriage.
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