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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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Here, from the incomparable John Waters, is a paean to the power of subversive inspiration that will delight, amuse, enrichโand happily horrify readers everywhere. Role Models is, in fact, a self-portrait told through intimate profiles of favorite personalitiesโsome 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 OโHair to the insane martyr Saint Catherine of Siena; from the English novelist Denton Welch to the timelessly appealing singer Johnny Mathisโthese 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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