Role Models (Signed by Author)

John Waters

ISBN 10: 190761608X / ISBN 13: 9781907616082

Published by Beautiful Books, London, 2010

About this Item

Signed by John Waters on the title page. White illustrated dust-jacket, slight wrinkle along top edge but no tears, clean and bright, not price clipped. Book bound in black cloth with silver title, also clean bright and unmarked. Internally appears unused, as new. Related magazine cuttings inserted. An extremely scarce signed copy.

Seller Inventory # 037182

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Role Models (Signed by Author)
• Publisher: Beautiful Books, London
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 190761608X
• ISBN 13: 9781907616082
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Nr Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Nr Fine
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Cinema

About this title

Synopsis

From the incomparable John Waters, renowned cult film director, artist and writer, Role Models is a paean to the power of subversive inspiration that will delight, amuse, enrich and happily horrify readers everywhere. A self-portrait told through intimate and literary profiles of his favourite personalities which range from the famous to the unknown John Waters invites readers to appreciate some of the figures who helped him form his own brand of neurotic happiness. Among many others, Role Models features Waters musings on Johnny Mathis, Comme Des Garcons founder Rei Kawakubo, actress Patty McCormack, writers Tennessee Williams, Lionel Shriver and Ivy Compton-Burnett, insane martyr Saint Catherine of Siena, English novelist Denton Welch, ex-Manson follower Leslie van Houten, lesbian stripper Zorro, artist Cy Twombly and outsider pornographers Bobby Garcia and David Hurles. From the sublime to the extreme, Role Models is a personal invitation into one of the most unique, perverse and hilarious artistic minds of our time.

About the Author

John Waters is an American filmmaker, actor, writer and visual artist best know for his cult films, including Hairspray, Pink Flamingos and Cecil B. DeMented. He lives in Baltimore, Maryland.