A chance meeting in a country pub in Wales offers Tom, a building boss, a golden opportunity for a new life with his lovely girlfriend, Jill.The plan: rob the new Royal Mint near Tom's building site in Llantrisant.The MO: get the lads to dig a tunnel under the common to the cash.The snags: two unruly water courses, two dead bodies, and a wounded Leyland Hippo lorry, stuck in a stream...Will Tom, Jill and partner Ken make it into the Mint and a properous future? Share their hopes and fears - and their darkly humorous adventures - in The Mint with a Hole, a beautifully observed saga of the 1960's that's as refreshing as its name.