Mild-Manner Graham Lynch has a quiet life. The kind of life that you would expect from someone who owns a bookstore. Into his life, enters the precocious, adventurous Billy Taylor. Billy has turned to Mr. Lynch, because he thinks he’s gay. The two form a close friendship and Mr. Lynch does confess that he is gay. Mr. Lynch is increasingly concerned as Billy explores his sexuality with various strangers and locations. When Billy is found beaten unconscious in Mr. Lynch’s bookstore, the police question Mr. Lynch. Who hurt Billy? Was it Mr. Lynch or one of Billy’s lovers?