Afifty-three-year-oldarchitectwithatragicsenseofbrick,Simontakesayear'ssabbaticalfromhisjobandhismarriageandmovestoNewYork.Theapartmenthesubletsisspaciousandempty,sowhenhemeetsthreegorgeouslingeriemodels--halfhisageandalittledownontheirluck--ataLexingtonAvenuebar,itseemsperfectlynaturaltoinvitethemtomovein.Thesituation,theypointout,hasthestructureofamalefantasy.Simon'shouseguestsprovetobesurprisinglyperceptiveandintelligent,buttheyareeachalittlelost,strugglingtofindtheirwayinthatdifficultcity...