Party Monster, St. James (formerly Disco Bloodbath: A Fabulous but True Tale of Murder in Clubland)
I grabbed this because I liked Party Monster: the Shockumentary (I’m a fan of Bailey and Barbato) and because James St. James has a teen novel coming out and I wondered what the writing would be like. Well, I’m much more optimistic about the teen novel and I want to re-watch the Shockumentary and watch the movie to see what translates and what doesn’t. Disco Bloodbath is a really well structured true crime book, a really immersive portrait of the time, and a very well-handled explanation of how JSJ was involved in the scene and affected by the murder. It gives hints of the lessons learned later in the description of the moments in the past. I really liked it (though as a reprint they really should have fixed some typos and misspellings!). Four stars.