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Book Review By Michelle L. Maher
Party Monster by James St. James

The main character, Michael Alig, has murdered his roomate/friend/drug dealer and is now serving time in prison. This is the story of how that murder came to be. It is written by James St. James, a mutual friend of both the killer and the victim. He tells the story of how Michael Alig came to become a "Club Kid" as well as a successful party promoter in New York in the late 1980's thru the 1990's. He begans a downward spiral in a world of drugs and perversions, eventually killing his roomate in a drug-crazed stupor, chopping up the body and tossing it in the river.


Plot & Themes
job/profession:
Job/profession/poverty story Yes
Period of greatest activity? - 1950+

Subject of Biography
Gender - Male
Profession/status:
Ethnicity - White
Nationality - American

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 10 ()
City? Yes
City: - New York
Century: - 1980's-Present

Writing Style
Book makes you feel? - concerned - like laughing
Graphic sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - male homosexuality - - licking - use of artificial tools - orgies - main character serviced by prostitute -
Pictures/Illustrations? - None
How much dialogue in bio? - significantly more descript than dialog
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life? - 76%-100% of book
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