Carsick: John Waters Hitchhikes Across America (SIGNED)
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: repr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Signed
What happens when the undisputed pope of trash trades his director's chair for a roadside sign and a thumb pointed west? In Carsick, the legendary cult filmmaker John Waters chronicles his audacious real-life adventure hitchhiking solo across America, from Baltimore to San Francisco, armed with nothing but wit, nerve, and an irrepressible appetite for the absurd. The book unfolds in three acts: first, a wickedly imaginative series of best-case fantasy rides, then a parade of hilariously nightmarish worst-case scenarios, and finally, the true account of the journey itself — a road memoir as unpredictable and gloriously strange as the man behind it. Waters brings to the page the same subversive intelligence and gleeful transgression that defined films like Pink Flamingos and Hairspray, proving that his sharpest instrument has always been his voice. Carsick is both a love letter to American eccentricity and a meditation on trust, freedom, and the dying art of surrendering to the open road. Written with the dark charm and caustic warmth of a true original, it leaves the reader wondering — who exactly are the oddballs in this story, the hitchhiker or the drivers who stop for him?
Author: John Waters
Format: Hardback
Published: 2014, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Genre: Travel & exploration
Edition: repr.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Good
Markings: Signed
What happens when the undisputed pope of trash trades his director's chair for a roadside sign and a thumb pointed west? In Carsick, the legendary cult filmmaker John Waters chronicles his audacious real-life adventure hitchhiking solo across America, from Baltimore to San Francisco, armed with nothing but wit, nerve, and an irrepressible appetite for the absurd. The book unfolds in three acts: first, a wickedly imaginative series of best-case fantasy rides, then a parade of hilariously nightmarish worst-case scenarios, and finally, the true account of the journey itself — a road memoir as unpredictable and gloriously strange as the man behind it. Waters brings to the page the same subversive intelligence and gleeful transgression that defined films like Pink Flamingos and Hairspray, proving that his sharpest instrument has always been his voice. Carsick is both a love letter to American eccentricity and a meditation on trust, freedom, and the dying art of surrendering to the open road. Written with the dark charm and caustic warmth of a true original, it leaves the reader wondering — who exactly are the oddballs in this story, the hitchhiker or the drivers who stop for him?