Flew Too High: A Gay Drug Smuggler's Transcendent Odyssey in the Heyday of Studio 54

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.