'A Star is all you need.' Drink, drugs, orgies and gang warfare help the days go by. These students need all the distractions they can get as they prepare to sit their Happiness Exam'. It's England in the near future and society has fallen apart. Meet Anderson - the atypical A-Star student, Shana - the anarchic revolutionary, Rupert - the designer-drug addict, Angeles - the fashionista and Chris the Kierkegaard-spouting gangster. Their only escape is to achieve the coveted result of A ** and shun the drudgery of regular life. Their only dilemma is, they can't see the point... And so these students will find a different escape, and each other, in a realm of indulgent despair.