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

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 outre — 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.

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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.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 287 pages

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