Role Models is a wild and witty self-portrait of John Waters, America’s ‘Pope of Trash’, told through intimate profiles of his favourite 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 John Waters form his own brand of neurotic happiness. A paean to the power of subversive inspiration that delights, amuses and happily horrifies in equal measure…

Format: Paperback
Published: UK, 2014
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
Languages: English
Pages: 320
ISBN 13: 9781472116154
ISBN 10: 1472116151