Large Window on a Small World

Still living with his widowed mother, at an age when most of his contemporaries are well settled into married life, Tad Snow is satisfied to pursue his job with a toy company along with his chemical experiments and his busy correspondence with a sympathetic young French girl

But the time has come to exchange photos and Tad, conscious of his own rather unimpressive physique, sends off a picture of a muscular male model who lives nearby

So far so good-until his beauteous pen pal suddenly arrives from France to participate in the Miss World Subway contest, and rushes over to meet Tad in the flesh

Mistaken identity, the suspicions of a possessive mother and the disastrous efforts of well-meaning friends all contribute to the antic events that follow

But somehow things do ultimately fall into place, and all emerge happier (or at least wiser) in the end