Royal Young has accomplished a rare feat in his fresh and riveting debut: he manages to recount his fascinating youth and unconventional family with a mixture of humor, scathing honesty and tenderness. Much more than simply a book about a kid who dreams of stardom, Fame Shark is a thoughtful, hilarious and moving love letter to his family and the Lower East Side of New York City.
Kristen Johnston, Guts: The Endless Follies and Tiny Triumphs of a Giant Disaster
artists, celebrity, family-relationships, memoir, nyc, stardom, unconventional