Jarl Klepp is twenty-five, a university graduate, a promising researcher of the creative method of Marcel Proust. He is quite happy with his refined academic existence and easy relationship with the beautiful Herdis. “Life in the service of thought”—this is how he sees his own destiny. Until one day he receives an official order to undergo a DNA paternity test. For Jarle it’s like a bolt from the blue. Now he cannot avoid facing real life; he will have to urgently grow up. But does Jarle want, is he capable, will he be able to?..