| Edition |
First edition |
| ISBN |
9780374214968 (hardcover) |
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0374214964 (hardcover) |
| Descript |
x, 372 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Content |
Mr. know-it-all -- Bye bye, underground -- Accidentally commercial -- Going Hollywood -- Clawing my way higher -- Tepid applause -- Sliding back down -- Back in the gutter -- I got rhythm -- Act bad -- Gristle -- Delayed -- Overexposed -- Flashback -- One-track mind -- My brutalist dream house -- No vacation -- Betsy -- Run-on Andy -- My son, Bill -- Grim reaper |
| Summary |
"The newest essay collection from the New York Times-bestselling John Waters, reflecting on how to overcome newfound responsibility and rebel in the autumn of your years"-- Provided by publisher |
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Waters relates themes about which he is an expert, including: how to fail upward in Hollywood; how to develop musical taste from Nervous Norvus to Maria Callas; how to build a home so ugly and trendy that no one but you would dare live in it; how to tell someone you love them without emotional risk; and how to cheat death itself. Through it all, Waters swears by one undeniable truth: "Whatever you might have heard, there is absolutely no downside to being famous. None at all." -- author's website |
| Note |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [365]-370) |
| Subject |
Waters, John, 1946-
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Motion picture producers and directors -- United States -- Biography
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Aging -- Anecdotes
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Artists -- United States -- Biography
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Older gay men -- United States -- Biography
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Essays
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