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Author St. James, James.

Title Party monster : a fabulous but true tale of murder in clubland / James St. James.

Publication Info. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2003.
1999.

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Location Call No. Status
 New Britain, Main Library - Young Adult  YA 364.1523 SAI    On Holdshelf
Description 286 pages ; 22 cm
Note Film tie-in.
Originally published: as Disco bloodbath. London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1999.
Summary In 1996, New York City drug dealer and "club kid" Angel Melendez was bludgeoned, injected with Drano, dismembered, and tossed into the river. James St. James was there when the killer confessed, but before that, there were the clubs, the parties, the drugs, and the many fabulous (and some not so fabulous) outfits. Disco Bloodbath is "celebutante" St. James's story, equal parts confession and attempt at closure. This is no square-jawed detective's account of the investigation of the crime; St. James is a drug-addled clubster who wears a wedding dress out on the town and invokes Judy Garland as he talks about the scene in which he and Melendez immersed themselves before the murder. His story, despite its gruesome subject matter and frequent, shocking lucidity, has a chatty and anecdotal quality that's compelling, endearing, and unrelentingly human.
Subject Alig, Michael.
Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.) -- New York (State) -- New York.
Subculture -- New York (State) -- New York.
Murder -- New York (State) -- New York.
Added Author St. James, James. Disco bloodbath.
ISBN 0743259823
9780743259828
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