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Electrifying . . . Indiana's re-creation of Cunanan's crimes and ever-shifting states of mind are convincing, but his real story, and strength, is his analysis of the hysterical, wildly inaccurate media coverage of the case. In the end, Cunanan's life and crimes, both factual and reimagined, become Indiana's vehicle to explore and expose how the media create a self-referential and self-perpetuating culture of hysteria, stereotypes, inaccuracies and glorified violence

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About Gary Indiana

Gary Indiana was a critic, actor, artist, and author of some of the most audacious novels of our time, including Horse Crazy, Gone Tomorrow, Rent Boy, Do Everything in the Dark, and the acclaimed ‘true crime’ trilogy Resentment, Three-Month Fever, and Depraved Indifference; as well as the memoir I Can Give You Anything but Love, a collection of art criticism, Vile Days, and Fire Season: Selected Essays. He died in 2024.
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