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The Lotus Crew
Dope, duplicity, and violence fill this gasser of a novel from a protégé of William S. Burroughs

Set in the scorched cityscape of the Reagan-era Lower East Side of Manhattan, The Lotus Crew is Stewart Meyer’s harrowing yet humorous tale of loyalty and betrayal in the face of heroin addiction. Two street junkies, the introverted Alvira and the gregarious Tommy, team up to spark a street-retailing crew pushing the best heroin in town. In the abandoned buildings and back alleys of an Alphabet City that is as dangerous as the Wild West, the stamp of the Triad crew on a glassine bag of dope means it’s a smoker.

The duo is wildly successful until someone counterfeits the Triad seal and triggers a reaction from Tommy that leads to violence—and to a rude awakening for Alvira.
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The Lotus Crew
Dope, duplicity, and violence fill this gasser of a novel from a protégé of William S. Burroughs

Set in the scorched cityscape of the Reagan-era Lower East Side of Manhattan, The Lotus Crew is Stewart Meyer’s harrowing yet humorous tale of loyalty and betrayal in the face of heroin addiction. Two street junkies, the introverted Alvira and the gregarious Tommy, team up to spark a street-retailing crew pushing the best heroin in town. In the abandoned buildings and back alleys of an Alphabet City that is as dangerous as the Wild West, the stamp of the Triad crew on a glassine bag of dope means it’s a smoker.

The duo is wildly successful until someone counterfeits the Triad seal and triggers a reaction from Tommy that leads to violence—and to a rude awakening for Alvira.
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The Lotus Crew

The Lotus Crew

by Stewart Meyer
The Lotus Crew

The Lotus Crew

by Stewart Meyer

Overview

Dope, duplicity, and violence fill this gasser of a novel from a protégé of William S. Burroughs

Set in the scorched cityscape of the Reagan-era Lower East Side of Manhattan, The Lotus Crew is Stewart Meyer’s harrowing yet humorous tale of loyalty and betrayal in the face of heroin addiction. Two street junkies, the introverted Alvira and the gregarious Tommy, team up to spark a street-retailing crew pushing the best heroin in town. In the abandoned buildings and back alleys of an Alphabet City that is as dangerous as the Wild West, the stamp of the Triad crew on a glassine bag of dope means it’s a smoker.

The duo is wildly successful until someone counterfeits the Triad seal and triggers a reaction from Tommy that leads to violence—and to a rude awakening for Alvira.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781497688667
Publisher: Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.
Publication date: 03/24/2015
Edition description: Reprint
Pages: 188
Product dimensions: 5.20(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

Stewart Meyer was born in Brooklyn, New York. At age twelve he discovered Henry Miller’s Tropic of Cancer in a used bookstore on Flatbush Avenue and decided to become a writer. He attended the City University of New York and audited William S. Burroughs’s lecture series on creative writing. This led to a lifelong friendship with Mr. Burroughs and to an opportunity to observe a master writer going from draft to draft.

Meyer’s first novel, The Lotus Crew, was originally published in 1984. He is currently at work on a second novel, The Heist Broker, and a memoir, Memory Chips and Reconstituted Pebbles. He lives in New York City.

What People are Saying About This

William M. Burr

The Lotus Crew is a superbly crafted novel which says the most things about power, corruption, loyalty, and the total need of heroin addiction. Stuart Meyer is a writer to watch; The Lotus Crew is better than a movie.

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