Three households in Cheshire have agreed to hold a "safari party" - a dinner party each course of which is served in a different house. The hors d'oeuvres are served by Daniel and Adam, young farmers whose abusive father was recently shot dead, the main course by Lol and Esther, upwardly-mobile and vulgar, and desserts by Inga, a seemingly benign local antiques dealer. The three households are linked not just geographically, however: there's the whole question of the table... The brothers sold it to Inga who, inventing a slightly colourful history for it to increase its value, then re-sold it at a staggering profit to Lol and Esther. As the evening progresses, and the table is uncovered, the many layers of truth surrounding it are revealed, food is forgotten and violence flares.