Lost Lustre: A New York Memoir
Karlen, Joshua
A chronicle of the author's personal sojourn growing up in the blight of Alphabet City (Manhattan's Lower East Side)in the 70s and 80s. The memoir also casts light on the energy of New York's punk rock era through the story of the brief rise and demise of a promising punk band, The Lustres, whose members were friends of the author's, and the tragic death of the ban's charismatic leader.
