Inside Studio 54

"Inside Studio 54 is true to its title, taking us past the velvet rope, into the heat and sweat and coke and poppers of the dance floor where hundreds of bodies ground against each other, and into the dark alcoves and out-of-the way balconies, where a slightly smaller number of bodies ground against each other with greater assiduousness. Author Mark Fleischman, who took over the club in 1980, proves an eager, garrulous host, gleefully sharing his love of the place, and the time, and the drugs. The drugs, especially."