Last Night at the Disco
by Lisa Borders
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Pub Date Oct 07 2025 | Archive Date Oct 11 2025
Regal House Publishing | Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA), Members' Titles
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Description
“I may have ended up more notorious than famous, but make no mistake: long before Aura Lockhart began commodifying her feminist rage ballads, I was the best-known person to come out of Keyhole, New Jersey.”
In 1977, twenty-six-year-old Lynda Boyle is desperate for fame and a way out of New Jersey. After failing to make her mark as an East Village poet and rubbing elbows with stars at Studio 54, she discovers a new path to glory through two local musicians, Johnny Engel and Aura Lockhart. Lynda believes she alone can transform them into rock ‘n’ roll legends.
Fast forward four decades: Lynda is in hiding after a series of events force her to flee the tri-state area. When she sees Aura inducting Johnny into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Lynda’s rage ignites. Determined to reclaim her narrative, she sets out to tell her story and secure her rightful place in music history. If she settles a few other scores along the way, that’s just a bonus.
Last Night at the Disco is a bold exploration of ambition, fame, and the often messy intersections of friendship and betrayal in the music world.
A Note From the Publisher
EPUB 9781646036455
Advance Praise
“Lisa Borders's Last Night at the Disco is as much fun as a night spent boogying on the coke-dusted dance floor of Studio 54, and its narcissistic, beautiful, indefatigable narrator Lynda Boyle should go down in the annals of literature as one of the best anti-heroes ever created. Throughout the pages of this wild and hilarious romp of a book, I alternated between covering my eyes and cheering her on for her terrible behavior. A smart, outrageous, and wonderfully escapist read!”
– Whitney Scharer, author of The Age of Light
"After reading this deliciously deranged cri de coeur, I hereby declare Lynda Boyle our next great camp icon."
– Christopher Castellani, author of Leading Men
"Last Night at the Disco is a dazzling feat, with its wry echoes of Nabokov’s Pale Fire. A Jersey girl outsider longs for her rightful place at the glamorous Studio 54, in this deliciously celebrity-studded, disco-and-rock-fueled novel. I didn’t want the night to end.”
– Patricia Park, author of What's Eating Jackie Oh?
“Outrageously funny, deliciously sexy, and sneakily moving, Lynda Boyle’s voice is every bit as unforgettable as she’d surely tell you it is, and it makes Last Night at the Disco a joy to read. Come for the history of Studio 54 and stay for the subtle send-up of our own glitz-blinded culture. Or come for the catastrophic oedipal triangles and stay for the sweet love story. Either way, there’s a strong case to be made that this is the Great New Jersey Novel.”
– Yael Goldstein-Love, author of The Possibilities
Available Editions
| EDITION | Paperback |
| ISBN | 9781646036448 |
| PRICE | $19.95 (USD) |
| PAGES | 256 |
