The novel takes place in an apartment house on Chestnut Street in San Francisco. The principals are Constance and Bob, who live upstairs and play the Story of O game, a strange mixture of offbeat sexual fantasies; Pat and John, the couple downstairs who watch TV and eat turkey sandwiches naked; and the three Logan brothers, who bowling tropies have been stolen; and Willard a 3 ft high papier-mache bird. Brilliant -- Bizarre -- Funny -- Frightening