In this gripping memoir, almost prominent artist Warren Rosen takes us into the East Village scene of tawdry bars and late-night clubs as he pursues the good life., befriending the highest of society and the lowest. In a monentous decision he gives it all up and goes underground for seven years., escaping a marijuana indictment. He finds refuge in Buddhist monasteries where he learns the mental tools he will need when he finally turns himself in and serves his sentence. You will share his many harrowing adventures and the characters he meets along the way, none more interesting than Rosen himself.