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Three Month Fever, cheap new, used books  Three Month Fever: The Andrew Cunanan Story
Author: Gary Indiana  
ISBN: 0060931124   /   Paperback
Publisher: Cliff Street Books   /   2000-01
List Price: £8.74
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Andrew Cunanan had already killed four people when he shot Gianni Versace, notes Gary Indiana, but since "only media celebrities are considered to have actual existence" in American culture, it took the murder of the famous fashion designer to make Cunanan's story--which was quickly packaged as a "narrative overripe with tabloid evil"-- worth noticing. Three-Month Fever deflates the hype surrounding the case, using a variety of experimental journalistic techniques to explore Cunanan's personality and recreate his frame of mind at the time of the killings. Far from being a "homicidal homosexual" aberration, Indiana says, Cunanan's life before the murders was actually rather mundane, even in its extremes. Indiana also easily distinguishes between these extremes and hysterical fabrications by the press. For example, Indiana cites the restaurant tabs charged to Cunanan's credit card to debunk the theory that use of crystal meth was a factor in the murders: "One indisputable characteristic of people on crystal meth is they don't eat. People on steroids, however, eat plenty. If we could put the crystal meth together with testosterone ... but we can't. A mountain of sushi rules it out."

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Fascinating Psychological Profile     
Indiana has provided a psychological profile of Andrew Cunanen based upon the facts of his life. In fact, the first murder (Jeffrey Trail) occurs about two-thirds of the way through the book. Three Month Fever does not go through the evidence bit by bit. He is in Chicago, killing Lee Miglin ("My father was not a homosexual.") in a flash. But Indiana's book is not about the specific crimes. Instead, we get a profile of a teenager who wanted wealth more than anything else, found it, spent it, and had a three month fever. I purchased book at a bookstore, thereby missing out on Amazon's discount. The book was worth every penny, even at full price. Andrew loved to read about art. If you like art, "Art in the Courtroom," by Vilis Inde is a fascinating read. Intellectual, yet readable, and even suspensful at times.
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