Handsome, unassuming Thomas Foley is an employee at the Central Office of Information whose particular biography (Belgian mother, pub-owning father) makes him just the man to oversee the "authentic British pub" that will be erected at the 1958 Brussels World&́#x80;™s Fair. It&́#x80;™s the first major expo after World War II, meant to signify unity, but there&́#x80;™s inevitable intrigue involving the U.S. and Soviet delegations. In the shadow of an immense, imposingly modern structure called the Atomium, the married Foley becomes both agent and pawn&́#x80;”when he&́#x80;™s not falling head over heels for Anneke, his Belgian hostess.