A conciliatory, cheerful work with delightful scenes and quirky characters. The World. When Sebastian Barnack is invited to a festive party, he finds himself in a predicament because he doesn't own a tuxedo. His father, a staunch socialist, refuses to buy him this bourgeois symbol of class and status. Sebastian's attempts to acquire this garment are intertwined with guilt and crime, ultimately leading him to realize that nothing one does is without consequences.