Disco Bloodbath: A Fabulous But True Tale of Murder in Clubland - Hardcover

St. James, James

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0684857642 ISBN 13: 9780684857640

Publisher: Simon & Schuster, 1999

Synopsis

A shocking expose+a7 of the New York Club scene at its worst follows Michael Alig from South Bend, Indiana, to Manhattan, where this Midwest nerd became a leading club promoter and eventually found trouble after killing a drug dealer. 30,000 first printing.

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Review

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. --Lisa Higgins

About the Author

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.

About this edition

• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0684857642
• ISBN 13: 9780684857640
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 286