An unlikely kind of friendship develops between Fergus, an Irish Republican Army volunteer, and Jody, a kidnapped British soldier lured into an IRA trap by Jude, another IRA member. When the hostage-taking ends up going horribly wrong, Fergus escapes and heads to London, where he seeks out Jodys lover, a hairdresser named Dil. Fergus adopts the name Jimmy and gets a job as a day laborer. He also starts seeing Dil, who knows nothing about Fergus IRA background. But there are some things about Dil that Fergus doesnt know, either