The day-to-day lives of people in Nestor Gudfred's town are revealed as they make their way to the local parade, including characters such as Sarah Belcher, an elderly woman who humorously confuses her second husband with her first, who died in the second world war. Ten-year-old Nestor, home for the first time since the accident that left him deaf, makes a startling discovery when he removes his bandages, and an unknown presence makes itself...heard.