A doctor on television's Sex Talk Show gives out very unconventional advices to viewers who phone in with sex problems, until eventually cutting the show off to have sex on the set with a devoted fan, who the doctor herself is also a devoted fan of.
Set in a small politically unstable Latin American country, the story follows the half English and half Latino Dr. Eduardo Plarr, who left his home to find a better life. Along the way he meets an array of people, including British Consul Charley Fortnum, a representative in Latin America who is trying to keep Revolution from occurring. He is also a remorseful alcoholic. Another person the doctor meets is Clara, whom he immediately falls in love with, but there is a problem: Clara is Charley's wife.