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Also by John Waters:

Liarmouth: A Feel-Bad Romance, May 2023
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Liarmouth, May 2022
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Carsick, June 2014
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Role Models, May 2011
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Role Models, June 2010
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Shock Value, March 2005
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Crackpot, November 2003
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CARSICK
By: John Waters

John Waters Hitchhikes Across America

Farrar, Straus and Giroux
June 2014
On Sale: June 3, 2014
336 pages
ISBN: 0374298637
EAN: 9780374298630
Kindle: B00GVQXWRK
Hardcover / e-Book
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Non-Fiction Memoir

John Waters is putting his life on the line. Armed with wit, a pencil-thin mustache, and a cardboard sign that reads “I’m Not Psycho,” he hitchhikes across America from Baltimore to San Francisco, braving lonely roads and treacherous drivers. But who should we be more worried about, the delicate film director with genteel manners or the unsuspecting travelers transporting the Pope of Trash?

Before he leaves for this bizarre adventure, Waters fantasizes about the best and worst possible scenarios: a friendly drug dealer hands over piles of cash to finance films with no questions asked, a demolition-derby driver makes a filthy sexual request in the middle of a race, a gun-toting drunk terrorizes and holds him hostage, and a Kansas vice squad entraps and throws him in jail. So what really happens when this cult legend sticks out his thumb and faces the open road? His real-life rides include a gentle eighty-one-year-old farmer who is convinced Waters is a hobo, an indie band on tour, and the perverse filmmaker’s unexpected hero: a young, sandy-haired Republican in a Corvette.

Laced with subversive humor and warm intelligence, Carsick is an unforgettable vacation with a wickedly funny companion—and a celebration of America’s weird, astonishing, and generous citizenry.

Media Buzz

Fresh Air - NPR - June 10, 2014
Colbert Report - June 10, 2014
Morning Edition - June 6, 2014