num_pages: 304
description:  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.
language: English
title: Role Models
publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux