Benefit of the Doubt

What happens when eight young singles cope with Boston-area rent by living together in one big house? Simon Herbst finds out. He shares a bathroom with a woman who’s sexier than his girlfriend; gets caught up in disputes between his housemates; and finds ways to help or betray people who trust him. Near the end of the 1980s, Simon participates in a drug deal, falls in and out of love, and marches on Washington, describing it all with the dry wit of an intellectual college dropout. Simon is an older brother to Generation X, a nephew to the Flower Children, and an original Slacker. The woman of Simon’s dreams has enough ambition for the both of them… but does she like men?