Portly showbiz writer Will Benson has leftTheatre Worldfor the loucher but less life-threatening environment of soft-porn publishing. Now settled down in connubial bliss with the lovely Kim, life, it seems is a bed of roses. But certain aspects of his marriage necessitate the occasional visit to 'a tart with a heart' in Pimlico . . . and on one such visit Will finds the man ahead of him in the queue has overstepped the mark, to say the least, and Will once again is forced into the role of reluctant private eye . ."

Portly showbiz writer Will Benson has left Theatre World for the loucher but less life-threatening environment of soft-porn publishing. Now settled down in connubial bliss with the lovely Kim, life, it seems is a bed of roses. But certain aspects of his marriage necessitate the occasional visit to 'a tart with a heart' in Pimlico . . . and on one such visit Will finds the man ahead of him in the queue has overstepped the mark, to say the least, and Will once again is forced into the role of reluctant private eye . . .

Portly showbiz writer Will Benson has leftTheatre Worldfor the loucher but less life-threatening environment of soft-porn publishing. Now settled down in connubial bliss with the lovely Kim, life, it seems is a bed of roses. But certain aspects of his marriage necessitate the occasional visit to 'a tart with a heart' in Pimlico . . . and on one such visit Will finds the man ahead of him in the queue has overstepped the mark, to say the least, and Will once again is forced into the role of reluctant private eye . ."

For Will Benson, life on Theatre World has its compensations, although they are mostly to be found in the nicely rounded shape of Kim, the chief sub-editor. But there are drawbacks, too: the Wednesday morning hangovers after the Tuesday night sessions at the typesetters; stroppy Martha, receptionist from hell; Colin the odious star reporter; having to review fat-headed avant-garde productions of Romeo and Juliet in smelly Cambden Town basements. And, of course, the death threats. Somewhere out there is Will's own personal psychotic, who is really very displeased with him, and pretty handy...