Party Monster : A Fabulous But True Tale of Murder in Clubland (Paperback)

from pinkybear

The book is hysterically funny, making you laugh at some of its most sordid moments. A lot of kids seem to worship Micahel Alig without knowing who or what they are idolizing. The real deal was not very charming and few people I know have anything nice to say about him. It is a documentary of the...

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I've been fascinated by the 90's New York Club Kid scene: how can so many 20-somethings live with such reckless abandon? How do they even afford to live in NYC and party all the time and go to school? It's a world that I can't relate to, but reading James St. James' book definitely threw me in to...

from Erikayumi

James St. James is GENIUS. This story is smart, witty and shockingly TRUE. There was a time when the club kids were essential to the New York party scene, and people actually read Michael Musto's column in THE VILLAGE VOICE. They are hardly relevant anymore, but that doesn't mean you can't relive...

from amydross

A fabulously lurid tale, and Mr. St James is an able and entertaining writer. Club Kid New York is painted here in bright, gaudy colors, and I was even seduced by the amoral scoundrels who inhabited that strange, surreal world. Unfortunately the author's writing voice occasionally tends toward th...

from lydia1879

... so, I just remembered this book existed, and I just realised I probably read it when I was way, way too young. Oops. This reads like a fiction novel. I can almost guarantee that it will be unlike any other crime memoir you've ever read in your life. I loved reading it at the time. I'm honestl...