Tim Murphy

En juillet 1916, deux jours avant la meurtrière bataille de la Somme, une section de l'armée britannique se prépare au combat. Une trentaine de jeunes gens, tous mobilisés à peine sortis de l'adolescence, vont devoir vivre ces quarante-huit heures dans l'angoisse et la terreur d'une mort plus que certaine.

Daisy is the love of Ken's life - she is also large... and very pretty... and on the dole. But Ken is a dreamer, all his dreams to make a fast buck ending up where they started - as dreams. With the rent unpaid, the bailiffs at the door and Ken's dreams in tatters, Daisy sets out to bring home the bacon and gets a job in the local factory. There she meets Marlene and half a dozen other large women who are all united in a secret passion - Sumo wrestling! Ken doesn't know what's hit him.