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Louie Mandrapilias has spent forty years contributing to top-tier media brands — including LGBTQ+ publishing pioneers The Advocate and Out magazines — while executing successful design work for major global luxury brands. 

An imaginary conversation with his father resulted in his memoir "Flew Too High". A true Renaissance man, Louie recently designed and renovated a historic Brooklyn brownstone. He lives a blessed life in the City of Angels where the adventure continues — a sequel to his first book is in the works. 

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Flew Too High
A gay drug smuggler's transcendent odyssey in the heyday of Studio 54
by Louie Mandrapilias
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Overview


In the heyday of Studio 54, a naïve gay college student is seduced by a demonic Svengali into smuggling a hash-lined suitcase from India, but detours to a mystical ashram and explores new worlds. The untested disciple must then find his way back to New York for the biggest score of all — saving his own soul.
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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? ​

"Flew Too High" tells the true epic journey of author Louie Mandrapilias. Woven throughout his memoir is a proud heritage dating back to ancient Sparta, the struggle between his pious mother and rebel father, and the battle that rages on in the soul of their son. Think Augusten Burrough's "Dry" meets "The Song of Achilles" by Madeline Miller.

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Overview


In the heyday of Studio 54, a naïve gay college student is seduced by a demonic Svengali into smuggling a hash-lined suitcase from India, but detours to a mystical ashram and explores new worlds. The untested disciple must then find his way back to New York for the biggest score of all — saving his own soul.

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Description


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? ​

"Flew Too High" tells the true epic journey of author Louie Mandrapilias. Woven throughout his memoir is a proud heritage dating back to ancient Sparta, the struggle between his pious mother and rebel father, and the battle that rages on in the soul of their son. Think Augusten Burrough's "Dry" meets "The Song of Achilles" by Madeline Miller.

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Book details

Genre:TRUE CRIME

Subgenre:General

Language:English

Pages:284

Hardcover ISBN:9798350988222


Overview


In the heyday of Studio 54, a naïve gay college student is seduced by a demonic Svengali into smuggling a hash-lined suitcase from India, but detours to a mystical ashram and explores new worlds. The untested disciple must then find his way back to New York for the biggest score of all — saving his own soul.

Read more

Description


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? ​

"Flew Too High" tells the true epic journey of author Louie Mandrapilias. Woven throughout his memoir is a proud heritage dating back to ancient Sparta, the struggle between his pious mother and rebel father, and the battle that rages on in the soul of their son. Think Augusten Burrough's "Dry" meets "The Song of Achilles" by Madeline Miller.

Read more

About the author


Louie Mandrapilias has spent forty years contributing to top-tier media brands — including LGBTQ+ publishing pioneers The Advocate and Out magazines — while executing successful design work for major global luxury brands. 

An imaginary conversation with his father resulted in his memoir "Flew Too High". A true Renaissance man, Louie recently designed and renovated a historic Brooklyn brownstone. He lives a blessed life in the City of Angels where the adventure continues — a sequel to his first book is in the works. 

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