This uproariously funny novel begins when the liner S.S. Minorca is wrecked and the beautiful and voluptuous Sadie Patch finds herself in an open boat with James Carrol, a cynical journalist, Patrick Plunket, an amorous and virile stoker, and the Rev. Fletcher Gibble.
Drifting ashore on the desert island they are faced with commencing a new life from very primitive beginnings. All is well in their Garden of eden for a short time and then as each man becomes more and more aware of Sadie's obvious charms, discord breaks out amongst them.
How she copes with the three Don Juans is the theme of this saucy and provocative novel.