James St. James‘ last novel, Disco Bloodbath, chronicles Michael Alig‘s real life descent into madness, ending with the hacked up body of the really dead drug deal, Angel Melendez.
Capturing the glitz, glam and gore of 1990’s New York, Disco Bloodbath killed the competition, becoming a classic and finding new life in the 2003 flick, Party Monster, starring Seth Green as the incarcerated and single Alig, whileMacaulay Culkin appeared as St. James. Now, St. James makes a triumphant return with a less blood-curdling tale, Freak Show.
Like Disco Bloodbath, Freak show draws on St. James’ own experience. No murder here, however. The young adult title chronicles a gay teen’s coming of age. St. James celebrates the book’s publication by having a little sit down with AfterElton’s Steven Frank. In addition to offering his opinion of Paris Hilton (she should go to jail), Disco Bloodbath (it changed his life, obviously) and his next project (another teen book), St. James shares a bit of first day of school embarrassment:
…I had just seen Auntie Mame and I thought I was Rosalind Russell, and I went to a new school and I burst through the door going, “Darling!” And everybody just looked at me with their mouths hanging open.
I realized in those first 30 second of class I’d effectively doomed my entire high school career… I was the weird little drag queen at school.
They grow up so fast…
Buddy
Can’t wait for the new book. Love James St. James…. loved Disco Bloodbath, loved Party Monster. One thing, I believe Seth Green was St. James and Macaulay Culkin was the psycho Michael Alig.
RSL
Yup, yup! You’ve got the roles backwards. Seth played James and Mac played Michael.
HL
Flip the the place of Green and Mac and you have it right.
Imdb.com is awesome!
Bryan
He looks scary.
Willy Wonka
Strike that, reverse it.
Terry
She is a hot mess!
nystudman
I read the new book. It’s a young adult novel about a budding high school drag queen in Ft. Lauderdale. It’s funny and charming.
Lee Gordon
Thimble full of talent in a sea of psychosis.
nystudman
disco bloodbath was a GREAT book, and this new one is good, too. how many tomes have you penned, Lee? Yeah, the guy’s a freak? So what?
sKILLz
I am loving the new book by James. He actually thanked me and a few close friends of mine in his book. I thought that was soo cool of him. I went and met him the other night when he was in NYC and he was a BLAST! I wish him nothing but the best! Hope you all enjoy his new book as much as I am!!
Phil
Voldemort.
Zach
I think you got the names backwards. Seth played James and Mcauly played Michael…
Maybe I read it wrong…