A sinister, neurotic white girl Lula, with the provocation of her lovely, half-naked body and of her startlingly lascivious speech, lures to his doom a good-looking young black man Clay, a stranger whom she has picked up in the subway and whom she mocks for wearing the clothes and employing the voice and manners of the conventional white intellectual. The man, who, at first see...。故事以五十年代中期的纽约皇后区为背景,意大利移民维提利三兄弟之中的大哥是个木匠,自幼受父亲的影响而力求完善,因不满老板盖房子时偷工减料,及集合兄弟之力共同创业,追求美国梦。可惜他个性刚愎自用,为了工作而牺牲了亲情。。