A trilogy of stories set around the "Midnight Bell" lying on the Euston Road and the staff and customers who inhabit the bar. Bob the barman who falls for the local prostitute who takes advantage of his good nature and breaks his heart. We find out Jenny's story in "The Seige of Pleasure" and discover how she changed from a polite servant girl to a lady of the streets. In " The Plains of Cement" Ella the barmaid, who is in love with Bob but is pursued herself by the appalling Mr Eccles.
Patrick Hamilton brilliantly receates the atomsphere of 1920's & 1930's London.
