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Synopsis
In The Studio 54 Effect, the former owner takes you behind the scenes of the infamous club, through the crowd to a place where celebrities, friends, and the beautiful people sip champagne and share lines of cocaine using rolled up $100 bills.
In the early 80s, Mark Fleischman reopened Studio 54, the world's most famous and notorious nightclub, after it was closed down by the State of New York. 10,000 people showed up that night, ready to re-start the party that abruptly ended after the raid in 1978, landing the former owners in jail. The Studio 54 Effect takes you to the happening scenes of the 1960s, 70s, and 80s, the post-Pill, pre-AIDS era of free love, consequence-free sex, and a seemingly endless party.
Following Fleischman as he built connections as a hotel, restaurant, and club owner that lead him to Studio 54, The Studio 54 Effect takes the reader from Brazil to the heights of debauchery in the Virgin Islands and finally to New York City. A start-studded thrill ride through the glamorous and sometimes seedy world of the world's most famous night club.