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John Waters Hitchhikes Across America
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
June 2014
On Sale: June 3, 2014
336 pages
ISBN: 0374298637
EAN: 9780374298630
Kindle: B00GVQXWRK
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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.
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