Party Monster
A Fabulous But True Tale of Murder in Clubland
By James St. James
(Simon & Schuster, Paperback, 9780743259828, 288pp.)
Publication Date: September 2, 2003
Categories: Murder - General
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Murder Was Never So Much Fun!
When Disco Bloodbath was first published, it created a storm of controversy for its startlingly vivid, strikingly fresh, and outrageously funny depiction of the hedonistic world of the New York City club kids, for whom nothing was too outré -- including murder. Nominated for the Edgar Award for best true-crime book of the year, it also marked the debut of an audaciously talented writer, James St. James, who himself had been a club kid and close friend and confidant of Michael Alig, the young man convicted of killing the drug dealer known as Angel.
Now the book has been brought to the screen as Party Monster, with Macaulay Culkin playing killer Michael Alig and Seth Green as author/celebutante James St. James.
James St. James who was once dubbed a "celebutante" by Newsweek magazine, now leads a quiet, sedate existence in Los Angeles, far from the madness that he writes about. This is his first book.
The Baltimore Sun A vastly entertaining, scarily well-written, and horrifically funny book...even at its most gruesome.
Simon Doonan The New York Observer It is the best book I have ever read....It's Our Lady of the Flowers with thigh-slapping humor. It's Liberace's Last Exit to Brooklyn...a lovely and horrible discourse on death.
The New York Post A surprisingly funny and touching memoir.
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