George, Tom, Desmond and the Colonel share many a companionable drink in the Back Bar of the Sloop Inn. There, they delight in good company and a racy story - often told by one of the many visitors to this gem of the Devon coast - tales of love, infatuation, pretence and deception, of naivety, betrayal and triumph. So often entertained by stories about other folk, the four friends, however, unexpectedly find themselves the protagonists in a story of their own...