"There's something to be said for having a 38-year-old black lover. Particularly when you've recently turned 60." Widowed in her late fifties after a lifetime of marriage to a dutiful but dull husband, Cynthia Hartworth decides that life is for living and embarks on a passionate affair with a thirty-eight-year-old black man called Darius, but is soon heartbroken to discover that he has to return to Nigeria to help his sick parents. Cynthia's grandson helps her get on the internet in a bid to speak to her former lover via email, but when she receives a spam message requesting bank details for a friend who needs medical help, she assumes Darius has been in contact to ask for her support. Hilarity ensues, and Cynthia finds herself travelling to Nigeria on an adventure populated by rats, rather attractive kidnappers, and a parrot called Pussy ...