These people live in Cooper Station, U.S.A.: Anthony Cooper, nephew of the owners of Cooper's Mills Chris Pappas, the guy from the wrong side of the tracks Doris Palmer, wife of a wealthy manufacturer David Strong, the music teacher Beneath the seemingly calm surface of this smug New England community, their turbulent passions and fears begin to boil, exploding the hypocrisy hidden behind the guise of the respectable Tight White Collar.