Flew Too High: A gay drug smuggler's transcendent odyssey in the heyday of Studio 54 Kindle Edition

A southern gay college boy sets out for the Big Apple where a demonic Svengali lures the naïve student into the razor-wire underworld of international drug smuggling. Upon his arrival in Bombay, Louie—now rechristened Eli—detours to the mystical ashram of guru Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (Netflix's "Wild, Wild Country") and explores new possibilities. With a flawed moral compass, he's trapped in purgatory: Is it too late to walk away, or is he fated to follow in the nefarious footsteps of his father, Nick the Greek? Woven throughout this epic true story is a proud heritage dating back to ancient Sparta, the struggle between a pious mother and rebel father, and the battle that rages on in the soul of their only son. Think Augusten Burroughs' DRY meets THE SONG OF ACHILLES by Madeline Miller. Read more