‘Last Call’ Is a Gripping True Gay Crime Story and Your One Essential Summer Read
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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 sky high murder rates, and the AIDS epidemic, his murders have been almost entirely forgotten.
Last Call was praised by The New York Times, People.com, Boston Globe, and many more, hailed “a stunning addition to the true crime genre” by Lambda Literary, as well as a New York Times Staff Pick.
The book exposes the serial killer who targeted gay men in 1980s New York at the height of the AIDS epidemic. It is a forgotten and important piece of LGBT and New York City history.
PRAISE FOR LAST CALL
“A stunning addition to the gay corner of the true-crime genre…The care, the research, the investment on display in The Last Call signals… that Elon Green rises above the function of a dispassionate observer. He writes like a communal friend.”
““Last Call” is not only a great book, nor a mere historical correction. It is an act of compassion, offering space and love to men whose lives and literal bodies ended up right where their country, in its neglect, cruelty, and unfiltered hatred, wished them to go: in pieces, in the trash.”
THE BOSTON GLOBE
“Utterly gripping…Green centers the narrative on the people who were slain, defining them not solely as victims but as flesh-and-blood humans whose dynamic lives were cut short too soon.”
O, THE OPRAH MAGAZINE
“In this astonishing and powerful work of nonfiction, Green meticulously reports on a series of baffling and brutal crimes targeting gay men. It is an investigation filled with twists and turns, but this is much more than a compelling true crime story. Green has shed light on those whose lives for too long have been forgotten, and rescued an important part of American history.”
David Grann, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon
“It’s not until nearly halfway through this gripping book that Green cites the name of the killer. That approach allows the author to expertly direct the suspense, leading readers to speculate about the background and personality of someone who was capable of dismembering a victim and placing the remains in trash bags… A deeply researched reclamation of a series of unfairly forgotten, gruesome crimes.”
Kirkus Reviews
