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Summary: DUH! It's not a "True Crime" book!
Review: All of your opinions are valid, but your unjustly putting this book of fictionalized reality into a catagory it has no interest in competing in. Indiana is a sharp satirist with the ability to make connections bwt Cunannan's murder spree and America's compulsion to consume everything about death and destruction as edu-tainment. If anything, the reason so many were annoyed but the lack of 'facts' in this bok, isbecause they are the audience Indiana is skewering. PS - As for facts, the 'other' book, "Vulgar Favors" is worse. Orth is a hollywood wife with a vivid imagination and bias against sexual exploration. Her book is way more fabricated then this and is passed off as journalism.
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Summary: Three Month Fever - a keeper
Review: An odd, book, best termed fantasy based heavily on research.
Witty and true to the voice of what we know about Cunanan and the scenes he was in. I recommend you read this after reading everything else - Maureen Orth's book, all the articles, and seeing the A and E biography on Andrew. With that as perspective, you can see how Indiana falls into place true to
voice. I know alot of people didn't like this book, but I think you have to be willing to take it for what it is to get it.
And I do advise you get it....
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Summary: Three Month Fever - a keeper
Review: An odd, book, best termed fantasy based heavily on research.
Witty and true to the voice of what we know about Cunanan and the scenes he was in. I recommend you read this after reading everything else - Maureen Orth's book, all the articles, and seeing the A and E biography on Andrew. With that as perspective, you can see how Indiana falls into place true to
voice. I know alot of people didn't like this book, but I think you have to be willing to take it for what it is to get it.
And I do advise you get it....
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Summary: A chilling true-life parable about contemporary America
Review: I've read this book about 4 times and enjoy it more each time I go through it again. It's probably one of the top 10 books I've read and enjoyed in my life and that's saying something...I'm a librarian! I'm also a true crime buff and a Cunanan buff. The book simply conjectures what MIGHT have happened in and around the known facts about Cunanan's life and killing spree. Most of Indiana's insights seem logical and probable to me. Take Lee Miglin for instance. Considering all the evidence it seems likely Cunanan probably met Miglin before, knew him and that Miglin was also gay or perhaps bi-sexual. He killed Miglin in a rage and because he wanted Miglin's stuff; mainly his car to get away in. I also read Orth's book about Cunanan and hers didn't hit me well; lots of anti-gay stuff in that book; also a boring read. Indiana writes terrific prose; wow what a writer. Great command of the language and I have to admit I laughed at something on every second page. His satiric turn of phrase is wonderful. Read it even if you aren't interested in Cunanan; he has some insights into American culture that are worth taking in. Probably it's this latter fact that makes people dislike the book. Reading uncomfortable things about the culture you sit in isn't pleasant for some people.
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Summary: TERRIBLE TERRIBLE TERRIBLE TERRIBLE
Review: So poorly done, I couldn't get through it.
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Summary: A frustrating read for those who want true facts
Review: This book annoyed me greatly. It does have some strong points - one being that there is quite a lot of information about David Madson and Jeff Trail that we have not heard before because Versace commanded all the attention. Versace is only briefly discussed here which is okay. But the worst thing about the book - and I do have a problem with it - is the way it is written and the author taking the liberty to stage dialog and events that likely did not happen that way - who knows, all the participants are dead! I read true crime books for the facts and the truth - this is a "fictionalized account" by all means. How does Indiana know what songs were playing on the radio or what articles Cunanan read? Or that Cunanan walked around nude in Jeff Trail's apartment masturbating in a shoe? I have not read Maureen Orth's book which has been highly criticized but for the reader who wants the true facts, I'm afraid this book does not have them. All you have is the imagination of the author.
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Summary: Certainly not a true crime novel - may be a good fiction
Review: This book is definitely not for the reader who seeks facts! This book is mostly based on author point-of-view and opinion. I was mislead into thinking that this book consisted of factual information pertaining to the Cunanan killing spree, only to find that the author has simply recreated the story, placing himself into Andrew Cunanan's mind. I rated this two stars due to that a fiction reader might find this book interesting, but CERTAINLY not a fact-seeker. I recommend Maureen Orth's book, "Vulgar Favors" HIGHLY over this book.
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Summary: Pathetic Prose
Review: This book is nothing more than a sickening sham. Where did the author get the idea to fabricate most of the book? Indiana seems to glorify the murders. What about the family members of those who were killed? This book is like a sick and cruel joke. If you are going to write a "true crime" book, at least make sure you are dealing with facts.
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Summary: Pretentious Pail of Crap
Review: Though I only made it to page 47, and am therefore not qualified to review the entire book, what I did read was a mind numbingly self-important pretentious attempt at some fiction - non-fiction hybrid. Maybe the author got over himself as the book went on but frankly it is not worth the effort to findout. At least the tabloids the author seems to partly blame for the killings write a straight story. The authors point of view and sympathy for the killer is fine, I just wish he could express it without being so self-indulgent.
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Summary: For the love of fame...
Review: Who could not remember the bizaare tell of the great homosexual flirt of South Miami's slaying of a fashion icon? It's so bizaare, so unreal, it reeks of Coen brothers. As they say - only in America.The Cunanan story is fascinating. Rightly, Indiana adopts an almost dandy-esque
"In Cold Blood" interpretation of the story. What's even better is that there is a whole reference to the subtext of the love of fame. Oftentimes Indiana uses Cunanan as an interlocutor in a discourse about fame and the love thereof. I'll not forget Indiana writing that Cunanan had confused fame and existence. When humans muddle this distinction and construct artificial masque upon artifical masque a fascinating subject of psychological study is born. Highly recommended.
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