Mutual Interest

Mutual Interest is the story of a trio of queer characters tangled together in business and in life in New York City at the turn of the 20th century: Vivian, a social-climbing lesbian who has successfully fled Utica, NY and will do anything to prevent having to go back, Oscar, a Midwestern middle manager who comes to New York to work in the soap industry, and Squire, a misunderstood son of New York social royalty who founds a rival candle company that inadvertently threatens to take down Oscar’s business. When Oscar and Squire fall in love, the trio form a new kind of partnership, merging their personal and business lives. Mutual Interest is a beguiling story of queer romance, empire, and power.