Scary Monsters and Super Freaks: Stories of Sex, Drugs, Rock 'N' Roll and Murder - Softcover

Sager, Mike

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1560255633 ISBN 13: 9781560255635

Publisher: Da Capo Press, 2003

Synopsis

Mike Sager is to drugs, porn, and crimes of desperate delusion what Dominic Dunne is to the society murder. In addition to his long-classic Rolling Stone story "The Devil and John Holmes" (which helped inspire the upcoming Val Kilmer film, Wonderland) and his ground-breaking GQ piece about murdered Irish investigative reporter Veronica Guerin (also the subject of a major film starring Cate Blanchett), Scary Monsters and Super Freaks is a wonderful rogue's gallery of up-close pieces about the most public failures of the American dream. From Rick James and his drug-fueled detour into white slavery to the life and suicide of porn starlet Savannah, from deep inside the beating of Rodney King and the Heaven's Gate cult suicides to Chuck Berry's sexual predilections, this book brings to high-profile true crime a highly identifiable voice and style. Currently Esquire's Writer-at-Large, Sager takes us along for the ride with a raft of other figures including the late NWA Rapper Easy E. Winner, the FBI agent who fell in love with his informant, and the highest ranking DEA agent to be busted for drug trafficking. This is a brilliant debut collection by one of America's most respected and stylish crime writers.

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From fallen porn star John Holmes to jailed pop star Rick James, from the assassination of Irish reporter Veronica Guerin to the Heaven's Gate suicides, this collection by award-winning Esquire and Rolling Stone journalist Mike Sager, brings pop culture's underbelly into sharp focus

About this edition

• Publisher: Da Capo Press
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1560255633
• ISBN 13: 9781560255635
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 476