Role Models

By John Waters

Book Overview

Role Models is a personal invitation into one of the most unique, perverse, and hilarious artistic minds of our time.

From the incomparable John Waters, a paean to the power of subversive inspiration that will delight, amuse, enrich--and happily horrify readers everywhere.

Role Models is, in fact, a self-portrait told through intimate profiles of favorite personalities--some famous, some unknown, some criminal, some surprisingly middle-of-the-road. From Esther Martin, owner of the scariest bar in Baltimore, to the playwright Tennessee Williams; from the atheist leader Madalyn Murray O'Hair to the insane martyr Saint Catherine of Siena; from the English novelist Denton Welch to the timelessly appealing singer Johnny Mathis--these are the extreme figures who helped the author form his own brand of neurotic happiness.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B00B9ZE9AM
• ISBN13: 9780374532864
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

John Waters has no business running around by himself

If you ever play that game where you ask "Which 5 people would you have at a dinner party?" My first choice is always John Waters. The man has made some of the most twisted and hilarious movies ever. His books are simply more of the same twisted and hilarious. He often borders on obscene (depending on your definition) but he is never boring and I will buy his books just because his name is on it and I know I won't be disappointed or boring. Just the chapter about what "fans" send him in the mail is worth the price of the book. Be prepared!