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Farrar, Straus and Giroux
June 2010
On Sale: May 25, 2010
320 pages ISBN: 0374251479 EAN: 9780374251475 Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Memoir
Here, from the incomparable John Waters, is 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. Role Models is a personal invitation
into one of the most unique, perverse, and hilarious
artistic minds of our time.
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