The UK has accidentally become a republic and its new President, Geoff Swallow, has stumbled into a job he never expected to exist, let alone get. He's way out of his depth, distracted by his re-election campaign, and spending too much time chatting with his ex-girlfriend on Facebook while the UK is accidentally stumbling into multiple wars in Central Asia.
This hilarious comic novel is told as an interview, with the now ex-President waffling about how we happened to end up at war with almost every country on the planet, including his own country.
In the end Swallow must decide if he really wants to cling to a job he can't do that forces him to stay in a marriage that makes him unhappy, or if he wants his freedom more.