James St. James
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- St. James, James
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- 1966-08-01
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Freak Show door James St. James
Hilarious, over-the-top, dripping with spangle and glitter Billy Bloom is a high school drag queen who decides to run for homecoming queen amidst his other homophobic, hyperconservative classmates. Thoroughly enjoyed this!
I've been fascinated by the 90's New York Club Kid scene: how can so many 20-somethings live with such reckless abandon? How do they even afford to live in NYC and party all the time and go to school? It's a world that I can't relate to, but reading James St. James' book definitely threw me in to the depths of it all. James' writing swirls and flourishes...I loved every minute. I later came to find out that he was still on drugs (speed or perhaps Special K) at the time of writing the book, but it worked for this story. I can't say that I walked away feeling sorry for Michael Alig, but it definitely led me to think more deeply about shared experiences and how living on the fringe can be both horrifying and fabulous.… (meer)
[review written 2011]
I finished Freak Show by James St. James today and it was a rather intriguing book. It was funny, sometimes sad, but a really enjoyable book nonetheless. The writing style irritated me a little, but for the most point it really fit Billy, and it was in first-person so it made sense. It was funny how Billy was so dramatic.
I finished Freak Show by James St. James today and it was a rather intriguing book. It was funny, sometimes sad, but a really enjoyable book nonetheless. The writing style irritated me a little, but for the most point it really fit Billy, and it was in first-person so it made sense. It was funny how Billy was so dramatic.
Having faced teasing that turned into a brutal attack, Christianity expressed as persecution, and the loss of his only real friend when he could no longer keep his crush under wraps, seventeen-year-old Billy Bloom, a drag queen, decides the only way to become fabulous again is to run for Homecoming Queen at his elite, private school near Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
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