Thursday at 7PM Keith Greenberg, author of  December 8, 1980: The Day John Lennon Died (Backbeat Books), will be reading at the Community Bookstore on the 30th anniversary of John Lennon’s murder.

Greenberg, who lives in Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn, is a producer for American’s Most Wanted and has also produced for VH1, 48 Hours, MSNBC Investigates, the History Channel and Court TV. In his downtime, he has authored more than 30 non-ficti0n books..

This book is a minute-by-minute chronicle of that terrible day juxtaposed with well-told biographical sketches of Lennon, Ono, the other Beatles, Mark Chapman and all the other players in this tragedy, a must-read for the Lennon-obsessed—and those who remember or are curious about those grief filled days and weeks after Lennon’s death.

New York City itself is a character in the book as it was the city where Lennon felt most at home and where he created a safe cocoon with Yoko and their son, Sean, in the Dakota.

Lennon felt he could be himself here and that he could walk the streets, enjoy Central Park with his son,  eat in restaurants and not be overwhelmed by his cult of celebrity.

Sadly his end came in the city that cradled him during a wonderful time in his life, after he became a father and found his voice musically with the Double Fantasy album.