On 20th May the Indian summer monsoon will begin to envelop the country in two great wet arms, one coming from the east, the other from the west. They are untied over central India around 10th July, a date that can be calculated within seven or eight days. Frater aims to follow the monsoon, staying sometimes behind it, sometimes in front of it, and everywhere watching the impact of this extraordinary phenomenon. During the anxious period of waiting, the weather forecaster is king, consulted by pie-crested cockatoos, and a joyful period ensues: there is a period of promiscuity, and scandals proliferate. Frater's journey will take him to Bangkok and the cowboy town on the Thai- Malaysian border to Rangoon and Akyab in Burma (where the front funnels up between the mountains and the sea).

5月20日，印度夏季季风将开始以两个巨大的湿润臂膀笼罩该国，一个来自东部，另一个来自西部。它们在7月10日左右在印度中部上空结合起来，这个日期可以在7或8天内计算出来。弗雷特的目标是跟踪季风，有时呆在它的后面，有时呆在它的前面，到处观察这一非凡现象的影响。在焦急的等待期间，天气预报员是国王，被派冠凤头鹦鹉咨询，随后是一个欢乐的时期：有一个滥交的时期，丑闻层出不穷。弗雷特的旅程将把他带到曼谷和泰国-马来西亚边境的牛仔镇，到缅甸的仰光和阿基布（在山和海之间的前线漏斗）。