Role Models Book

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.Read More