Min, a self-deprecating audio engineer at the BBC, grapples with a peculiar challenge: the capture of the elusive sound of a heartbeat, paralleling her own heart's erratic rhythms. Her life is layered with irony as she is courted by her lodger—an opera singer she derisively nicknames 'The Bloater'. Navigating the quirky pull of attraction and repulsion, Min's story unfolds in a 1960s London, replete with veiled marital discontent, lively friendships, and a grappling of wants versus societal expectations. Wrapped in a glitter of humor and candid observations, 'The Bloater' is an incisive exploration of love, marriage, and the complexities of human connection.