The Man on the Third Floor

Walter Samson is a successful book editor in postWorld War II New York. He has more than enough money, an interesting wife, two smart children, and reason to believe hes leading the good American lifeuntil a chance meeting with Barry Rogers. Barry is blue-collar, handsome, single, and poor.Walter is instantly drawn to Barry and, despite the considerable risks, installs him in the Samsons three-story house on the Upper East Side, where the two men try to keep their amorous relationship secret. Against a backdrop of McCarthy-era fear, with its doleful consequences and with societys pervasive homophobia, Walter manages to alter the direction and course of his life, losing much but gaining more.