When a young Irish student meets a lovely American girl on a study trip to Ireland he thinks it is a chance meeting that will never develop any further. Before the couple know it days have turned into months, and before long they are married in a Las Vegas-style wedding complete with an Elvis impersonator. But that is only the start of the adventure!

Seán finds himself stuck in (and sticking out of) America where everyone – but particularly the insect population – seems to be completely different.