Role Models

ISBN-13: 9780374532864 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 320 str.

John Waters

Opis

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.

O autorze

John Waters, geboren 1946, ist der wohl extravaganteste unter Amerikas Regisseuren. Seine Filme, darunter "Hairspray", "Cry Baby" oder "Serial Mom", haben Kultstatus. William S. Burroughs nannte ihn "Pope of Trash". Neben seiner Arbeit beim Film ist der Mann mit dem pencil ustache als Fotograf, Stand-up-Comedian und Autor tätig. John Waters lebt in Baltimore, Maryland.