Frankie Love, new to his profession as a ponce, seems to run his illegal
life on strictly fair principles. Ted Justice, recently appointed member
of the vice squad, finds his upholding of the law complicated by love
for his girl...
Love is travestied in the activities of the prostitute, justice mocked
in the procedure of the vice squad, as Colin MacInnes writes with an
authenticity which only an intimate knowledge of the seamier side of
life can deliver. It is a world in which motives, friendships and values
are never as simple as they seem.