{"product_id":"night-class-victor-corona-9781619029392","title":"Night Class: A Downtown Memoir","description":"The playground of the rich and the beautiful, downtown New York's nightlife spectacles and power of self-invention incubated pop icons from Andy Warhol to Lady Gaga. NYU sociologist Victor P. Corona sought a new education, where night classes held in galleries, nightclubs, bars, apartments, stoops, and all-night diners taught him about love, loss, and the living possibilities of identity. Transforming himself from dowdy professor to glitzy clubgoer, Victor immerses himself among downtown's dazzling tribes of artists and performers hungry for fame. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eNight Class: A Downtown Memoir\u003c\/i\u003e investigates the glamour of New York nightlife. In interviews and outings with clubland revelers and influencers, including Party Monster and convicted killer Michael Alig, \u003ci\u003eNight Class\u003c\/i\u003e exposes downtown's perilous trappings of drugs, ambition, and power. From closeted, undocumented Mexican boy to Ivy League graduate to nightlife writer, Corona shares in\u003ci\u003e Night Class\u003c\/i\u003e the thrill and tragedy of downtown and how dramatically identities can change.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Victor Corona\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1619029391\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781619029392\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Soft Skull\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/11\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/29\/2017","brand":"Victor Corona","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43979401920767,"sku":"9781619029392","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_21a9e602-5d32-4ddb-a391-e1c6a60d1448.jpg?v=1683245348","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/night-class-victor-corona-9781619029392","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}