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Last Call: A True Story of Love, Lust, and Murder in Queer New York
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The gripping true story, told here for the first time, of the Last Call Killer and the gay community of New York City that he preyed upon.The Townhouse Bar, midtown, July 1992: The piano player seems to know every song ever written, the crowd belts out the lyrics to their favorites, and a man standing nearby is drinking a Scotch and water. The man strikes the piano player as forgettable.He looks bland and inconspicuous. Not at all what you think a serial killer looks like. But that's what he is, and tonight, he has his sights set on a gray haired man. He will not be his first victim.Nor will he be his last.The Last Call Killer preyed upon gay men in New York in the '80s and '90s and had all the hallmarks of the most notorious serial killers. Yet because of the sexuality of his victims, the skyhigh murder rates, and the AIDS epidemic, his murders have been almost entirely forgotten.This gripping true-crime narrative tells the story of the Last Call Killer and the decades-long chase to find him. And at the same time, it paints a portrait of his victims and a vibrant community navigating threat and resilience.
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"With great compassion, he widens his scope to explore the social value of gay bars to the queer community and the vital work of grass-roots groups ..."
"Overall, this is a fascinating addition to the genre, written with a literary style and uncommon tenderness."
"Regular readers of true crime may not find the violence unexpected, but the cultural context of the AIDS panic adds additional weight to this brutality."
"I think it's a wonderful challenge to situate these stories in the larger history,' he said."
"Green uses the same detailed approach in his retelling of the crimes, which may prove too gory for some squeamish readers; however, the book never veers into the purely salacious, and every detail feels necessary."
"Right from the beginning, Last Call: A True Story of Love, Lust, and Murder in Queer New York by Elon Green reads like the hardboiled true crime book that it is."
"A stellar tale of justice eluded, to add to the growing queer true crime genre justice."
"Green's at his best in analyzing how the crimes were handled at the time, when the victims' sexual orientation led to the murders being treated less seriously."
"For example, he unearthed Rogers' earliest killing in Maine even though the trial ended in an expunged record."
"this is more than a run of the mill account true crime account of a cunningly elusive serial killer."
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