
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. Know-It-All: The Tarnished Wisdon of a Filth Elder Vile humor abounds! A sordid, grotesque tome from the Prince of Puke.” Despised by her family, including her own children, she ends up on the run from the law with her companion and accomplice.

In his first novel, John Waters tells the story of Marsha Sprinkle, a thief, a grifter, and a master of disguise. He has also published screenplays from his films, collections of his photography and visual art.


John Waters has authored many books, many of which are non-fiction stories.
